When an Assassin Finally Finds Peace

Kalahira… listen close me... I'm counting breaths... Starlight on my scales, like sea of glass I was dust on Rakhana, now rain on Kahje So I ask the depths to guide this... Guide this one, Guide this one Past the sins my hands have done To where the traveler never tires Guide this one Guide this one Guide, guide, guide this one Guide, guide, guide this one Guide, guide, guide this one Guide, guide, guide this one I learned to move like silence in a crowded room A contract in a pocket, a prayer before the bloom Hanar etiquette on my tongue, the Compact in my bones But perfect memory makes a home out of ghosts Illium neon-high towers, clean lies, cold light I watched a name like a target in the scope of night I said "I'm dying" like it's just another job Then chose your war - so my last days meant more Kepral's in my lungs, but the mission's in my sight I don't fear the Reapers - only leaving wrongs unright Body as the weapon, soul as the separate flame So let the galaxy remember... I tried to change my name I tried to change my name My son wore my shadow like it fit him to the bone Citadel catwalks, one shot, and he’d be gone We ran the Wards together under C-Sec lights To break the chain you think you own with borrowed rights I said, "Kolyat... you don't have to be my gun" A father late to love, but I wasn't finished-one He named my absence, every scar I never faced And in that honest anger, we found a better place Commander, tenacious protector - what I couldn't be Warrior-angel - Arashu's name in your victory If my time is short, then take it - take it all And if I fall... let my prayer be your wall Guide this one, guide this one Past the sins my hands have done To where the traveler never tires Guide this one, Guide... Then came the coup - steel halls, alarms and smoke A blade in the dark - Kai Leng cutting at the throat I stepped from the shadows, not fast, but still true Bought you a heartbeat... that's what assassins do Huberta lights humming, my air turning thin Kolyat at my bedside, forgiveness settling in Not for me - this prayer is for the one who carries on "Guide this one... where the traveler never tires" Guide this one, guide this one Carry the names of the fallen ones From the Normandy's wall to the first bright fires Guide this one, guide this one ...back into the tide Light the path through the coming darkness I'll wait beyond the sea, where the storm turns calm Guide this one, guide this one Sea and stars - still watching over you Old sins fall quiet in the deep If you hear my voice in the hum of the ship, it's true Guide this one... guide this one... Guide this one, guide this one