So, I decided on a Dwarven story when I saw this title. Dwarves, according to The World of Thedas, are one of the only societies to have something of a clock. Change the Numbers is about changing back the clock to an earlier time, when things were still easy for the singer and a past lover. So, Gorim and Alia Aeducan, it had to be.
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Change The Numbers
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"Rewind back to find the first kiss
watch us in the moonlight
catch that second of time"
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The cell was dirty. Her clothes, torn. A rat or something scuttled across the floor. She reached out, her fingers brushing his. Her heart skipped a beat and a tear trailed down her cheek. The lifetime they thought they would have had been reduced to seconds. Any moment now. They'd be apart.
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Donʼt tick donʼt tock.
Iʼm keeping the clock from turning
Donʼt tick donʼt tock. Oh and maybe if it stops
The fires in your heart will keep on burning
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She remembered the first time they kissed. Hesitant, unsure. Nervous but full of desire. Hold each other close, always knowing that it couldn't last. She was a noble and he, a warrior. But he had the finest beard in Orzammar.
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Call back the love now departed.
Unpack the bags in the hall
End all the fights that we started.
Mend every wound heal them all
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She knew she should have been more suspicious of Bhelen. All her thoughts had been focused on Gorim and the shield. Gorim. Her heart. She didn't want to go to the Deep Roads alone. She could only pray the Ancestors still watched over her and maybe they'd meet again, Topside.
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back to when you were mine
hearts and fingers entwined
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Her fingers laced with his he whispered, "I love you, my heart." She tried to grasp him through the bars but her arms couldn't reach. She knew she'd probably never see him again and even if she did... it would be in such a different world. Would things still feel the same there as they did in Orzammar?
Well, there's that. My ten I-pod shuffle songs. I hope you enjoyed them!