What We Gave - Legend of Zelda Tribute Song - fan made

[VERSE 1 — REVALI] [male vocal, proud, controlled] I trained alone while they laughed below, No master, no teacher — I put on the show, A thousand launches into the frozen gale, Broken feathers, but I did not fail. They gave me the bow — I had already won it, Every Rito alive knew no one else could've done it, Call it arrogance — I call it proof, I earned every inch from the sky to the roof. [PRE-CHORUS] [all four, building] We didn't come here blind, We knew what we might lose, But we were the ones chosen — Tell me, could you refuse? [CHORUS] [full ensemble, anthemic] This is what we gave, More than blood, more than bone, We walked into the grave So you'd never walk alone. This is what we gave — Every doubt we ever swallowed, Every road we had to pave, Every moment that we borrowed. [VERSE 2 — DARUK] [male vocal, warm, booming] My people don't fight — that's what they say, But I carried the mountain to keep them safe, Lost count of the boulders I broke with my chest, Put my name on a weapon and gave it my best. I laughed loud so the young ones wouldn't fear, Held the shield wide so no one stood in the rear, They called me the strongest — I called it a debt, To every brother I haven't protected yet. [PRE-CHORUS] [all four, building] We didn't come here blind, We knew what we might lose, But we were the ones chosen — Tell me, could you refuse? [CHORUS] [full ensemble, anthemic] This is what we gave, More than blood, more than bone, We walked into the grave So you'd never walk alone. This is what we gave — Every doubt we ever swallowed, Every road we had to pave, Every moment that we borrowed. [VERSE 3 — URBOSA] [female vocal, fierce, commanding] I watched her mother die in the dark, Swore on the lightning I'd carry that mark, Raised the girl up when the Kingdom forgot, A Gerudo doesn't beg — she takes what she's got. The sands have a name for what I became, The storm that walks upright — and answers to flame, I chose this fight before they ever asked, My whole life was the training — the Beast was the last. [BRIDGE] [stripped back, four voices, quiet] Don't mourn us — we were ready, We had already made our peace, The hardest part was not the dying — It was waiting for release. [swell, emotional] So when you raise your sword, remember: We were standing right behind, Four champions at your shoulder — The ones you left behind. [VERSE 4 — MIPHA] [female vocal, soft, restrained] I carved the armor in the quiet of night, Scaled it to fit you — prayed I'd have the right, To place it on your shoulders and say what I meant, But the words stayed in the water — and then you went. I'm soft, they say — I heal, I don't fight, But I stood in the darkness and called back the light, My love isn't gentle, it's stubborn as stone — I gave you my grace so you'd never fight alone. [FINAL CHORUS] [full ensemble, bittersweet] This is what we gave, More than blood, more than bone, We walked into the grave So you'd never walk alone. This is what we gave — Every name they never called us, Every dawn we didn't save, Everything that still enthralls us. [OUTRO] [spoken, one by one, fading] [Revali]Remember who taught you to fly. [Daruk] Remember who stood at your side. [Urbosa] Remember the storm had a name. [Mipha] Remember — I loved you. [silence] Remember us.