Vivecs Sorrow

Verse 1
In the shadow of Red Mountain’s cursed glow,
I struck the blow I swore I’d never sow.
Nerevar, my brother, my truest friend,
I shattered the bond that no time can mend.
I held the blade and made the lie,
A mortal’s betrayal to let a god fly.
The Tools of Kagrenac, I took in hand,
And with them, I broke our promised land.
Chorus
Oh, Nerevar, hear my mournful plea,
I wear divinity, yet chains bind me.
Your face returns in the Nerevarine’s stride,
A shadow of friendship I cannot hide.
I begged the Temple to stay their hand,
For I see my brother where the mortal stands.
Through eternity’s pain, I bear this scar,
For I betrayed you, my Nerevar.
Verse 2
With the Heart of Lorkhan, I forged my throne,
But in its power, I was left alone.
Dagoth rose, and I took the fight,
But each victory deepened my endless blight.
The Daedra fell beneath my blade’s sweep,
Yet your voice still calls me when I sleep.
Each godly act, a hollow pyre,
Lit by the embers of my own desire.
Chorus
Oh, Nerevar, hear my mournful plea,
I wear divinity, yet chains bind me.
Your face returns in the Nerevarine’s stride,
A shadow of friendship I cannot hide.
I begged the Temple to stay their hand,
For I see my brother where the mortal stands.
Through eternity’s pain, I bear this scar,
For I betrayed you, my Nerevar.
Verse 3
I chose betrayal for the greater good,
To save our people as no mortal could.
Dagoth’s madness would consume us all,
And so I answered the Heart’s cruel call.
Yet in my power, I lost my way,
A god who weeps through night and day.
The Tribunal’s glory, a fleeting flame,
Forever shadowed by my shame.
Bridge
The Nerevarine comes, a ghost of you,
A chance to atone for what I slew.
Through their eyes, your soul I see,
A brother lost, who still haunts me.
Outro
Oh, Nerevar, my brother, my kin,
Through betrayal, I claimed this sin.
I guide the living to right the wrong,
Through ash and sorrow, I sing this song.
Beneath the fire, beneath the star,
I mourn the friend who made me Vivec, the god of scar.