The Lights of Chetwood

The Lights of Chetwood is an Archetian song about an Archet Ranger, all alone on New Year's Eve. It is sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

Lyrics

The lights of Chetwood look warm tonight

And all the inns are packed

Through leaded windows I can see

The comfort I've long lacked.

A ranger walks a lonely road

And mine's more lonely still.

I know the driest place to sleep

On every local hill.

The lights of Chetwood remind me of

Those in a nobler place

Where Triskelle dwells surrounded by

The fair long-living race.

In Frostborough I knew a home

Most loving, safe and kind.

Why do I wander in the wilds

And live on what I find?

The lights in Chetwood seem warm tonight,

The inn's guests laugh and shout

And though they think me strange and wild,

They will not shut me out.

And as I sit beside the fire

A beer mug in my hand,

I'll think about the things I do

And then I'll understand.

The lights of Chetwood speak to me

Of this strange path of mine

And say because I gave up hearth

And home, Chet's lights still shine.

And if the folk of Archet don't know

I fight to keep them free,

At least I know my sword has kept

Alight the lights for thee.