The Oath I Keep | A Paladin's Song of the Vow (Lyrics Video)

#DnDMusic #BardSong #PaladinSong Before the sun climbs the hill, she kneels where the cold ground meets the first light and makes the same vow she's made every dawn before a charge. This isn't a song about victory — it's a paladin's song of the vow, sung by a woman who has already measured the cost and paid it in advance. An original D&D bard song and fantasy folk ballad about the oath that stands between the innocent and the dark, and the quiet courage of showing up anyway. A reverent anthem for anyone who has ever sworn to hold the line, whatever it costs. 🍺 The Bard speaks... "She doesn't kneel because she's afraid. She kneels because the oath deserves that much before it asks for everything else. Then she stands, and the dawn stands with her." — Songs of a Bard ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📜 LYRICS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Before the sun has climbed the hill, I kneel where the cold ground meets the light. I don't ask to be spared from the fight — I ask to be the shield tonight. For I am the oath that I swore in the dark, I'm the line that the shadow won't cross. Let the whole world break, I will not break — I will stand, though it cost what it cost. I've no crown and I carry no throne, just a vow and the weight that it brings. When the frightened ones run, I run toward, and I hold where the last light clings. For I am the oath that I swore in the dark, I'm the line that the shadow won't cross. Let the whole world break, I will not break — I will stand, though it cost what it cost. They will not remember my name, and I never once needed them to. Let them wake to a morning I bought with the night — that's the oath, and the oath will hold true. So strike, if you're coming, I'm ready to stand, I have measured the cost and it's paid. Between you and the ones that I swore to defend there's a woman who will not be moved. And if I should fall in the grey of the dawn, lay my sword where the young ones can see. Tell them courage is only the oath that you keep when the keeping asks everything of thee. For I am the oath that I swore in the dark, I'm the line that the shadow won't cross. Let the whole world break, I will not break — I will stand, though it cost what it cost. For I am the oath that I swore in the light, I'm the wall, I'm the dawn, I'm the vow. Let the whole world break, I will not break — I am here, I am ready, and now. I am here. I am ready. And now. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Songs of a Bard is a fireside corner of the fantasy world, where original bard songs and clever folk tales bring adventurers together — one song, one mug at a time. I'm a traveling bard — I wander from tavern to tavern, trading songs for stories. Every adventurer who shares my fire leaves a tale behind, and I turn those tales into songs. 🍺 Best Enjoyed With • Playing a paladin, cleric, or anyone bound by a sacred vow • Roleplaying the quiet moment before a charge, when the oath gets renewed • Underscoring a character's theme song for their most defining, self-sacrificing choice • Setting the tone for a dawn assault or a last stand against the dark • Sitting with a hero who has already made peace with the cost of keeping her word 🎶 Style & Atmosphere ◦ Reverent Celtic Folk / Paladin's Anthem ◦ Acoustic Guitar, Low Drum, Lone Bell & Distant Choir ◦ Female Vocals building into a full choral chorus ◦ Slow, solemn verses swelling into a triumphant anthem ◦ Sacred, resolute, and quietly unbreakable 🎵 Continue the Adventure ▶️ Tavern Anthems & Drinking Songs 🍺    • Tavern Anthems & Drinking Songs 🍺 | Songs ...   ▶️ Bard Ballads & Slow Songs 🕯️    • Bard Ballads & Slow Songs 🕯️ | Songs of a ...   ⚔️ A Question for the Party • Which line hit hardest — the vow, or the cost of keeping it? Tell us in the comments! • Has your character ever sworn an oath they knew might cost them everything? 🔔 Subscribe for new D&D bard songs!    / @songsofabard-n6w   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚖️ Usage & Attribution Music generated with AI assistance (Suno V5). Lyrics & creative direction: Songs of a Bard. All lyrics, story concepts, and creative direction are written by a human creator. Free to use for personal D&D sessions and non-commercial streams with credit. For commercial use, please contact us. #DnDMusic #TavernMusic #BardSong #FantasyMusic #SongsofaBard #MedievalMusic #CelticMusic #RPGMusic #TTRPGMusic #FolkMusic #PaladinSong #FantasyFolk #GamingMusic