RaaWC Song - Ivory Pass With Red Strings

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Ivory Pass With Red Strings

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Cinnamon and spirit stones

Fill my pockets as I roam

Through Blackmere's crowded streets alone

While dawn serpents hiss and moan

Twenty thousand taels of jade

Buy the silence that we made

When lightning struck the marshland bare

And your blood mixed with night air

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This ivory pass with its red strings

Weighs heavier than royal rings

Each step I take away from home

Brings me closer to my throne

But here with you, I taste the free

Sweet peach scent of destiny

Though karma's threads may bind us tight

We'll break these chains tonight

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Your silver needle caught the lies

Brewing in their poison eyes

While I watched you dance with death

Trading blood for every breath

In the market's morning haze

Hostile cultivators gaze

At two girls with hidden names

Playing at survival games

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Remember when we fought that serpent white?

Its scales worth more than gold in morning light

You never asked why I could wield such flame

Or why the Pavilion knows my name

Sometimes I think you see right through

This mask I wear when I'm with you

But still you fight beside me fierce and true

Though everything I say might not be true

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Now an elder guards your secrets close

While mine slip out like petals rose

Your maid lies frozen in death's grip

While my own truth starts to slip

Each pill you craft with careful hand

Brings us closer to our end

When Phoenix rises from these flames

Will you curse or bless my name?

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This ivory pass with its red strings

Weighs heavier than royal rings

Each step I take away from home

Brings me closer to my throne

But here with you, I taste the free

Sweet peach scent of destiny

Though karma's threads may bind us tight

We'll break these chains tonight

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So let's race through one more night

Before my crown comes into sight

Your severing light beside my blade

Partners in this masquerade

For when dawn breaks across this land

Will you still reach for my hand?

Or will you see the Phoenix rise

Through these amber royal eyes?