Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3257939-20131114161957/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140105200159

"There’s a day when all hearts will be broken, When a shadow will cast out the light, And our eyes cry a million tears: Help won’t arrive."

This to me sounds like it's pertaining more to Pyrrah and Jaune. Perhaps Ruby and Jaune have fallen for each other (or potentially just kissed and been seen by Pyrrah who is obviously smitten with Jaune) prior to the Creatures of Grimm assaulting Vale. It sounds like they are both in the middle of heartache and are seemingly caught alone by the creatures of darkness.

"There’s a day when all courage collapses, And our friends turn and leave us behind. Creatures of darkness will triumph: The sun won’t rise."

This is so much a reason as to why it's Jaune and Pyrrah but more why it's isn't Jaune and Ruby. This verse plays out more as the protagonists have been found themselves alone with no back-up. However looking at the relationship betwen Jaune and Pyrrah and Ruby and Yang there is NO way Yang would abandon her sister or Pyrrah would abandon Jaune. Meanwhile it is still possible that Ren and Nora may (unintentionally) leave Pyrrah and Ren behind and Team RWBY wouldn't know about it. Also as much as Blake distances herself from Ruby, and as much as Weiss acts coldly towards them I think there is a sense of bond between all of RWBY so I doubt Blake and Weiss would abandon Ruby either.

"When we've lost all hope, And succumb to fear, And the skies rain blood, And the end draws near,"

Pretty self explanatory here. The moon/sun is gone and the humans/faunuss are in a war with the Creatures of Grimm, the end is seemingly here for the protagonists of the song and they are scared, this, as well as the chorus following being sung by Casey hints at Pyrrah trying to talk some courage into Jaune.

"I may fall But not like this: it won’t be by your hand. I may fall Not this place; not today. I may fall Bring it all: it's not enough to take me down. I may fall"

As already noted. The chorus is primarily sang by Casey so it sounds to me like Pyrrah (or Ruby... either one) is indeed acting like the brave one, either putting on a facade for the sake of Jaune or to convince Jaune that he has such courage aswell.

"There’s a place where we’ll stand outnumbered; Where the wolves and the soulless will rise. In the time of our final moments, Every dream dies."

Again, reiterating that they are alone and surrounded by the Creatures of Grimm, perhaps here it is saying that in these moments they have realised an error in their ways (I'll expand on this later).

"There’s a place where our shields will lay shattered, And the fear's all that's left in our hearts. Our strength and our courage have run out: We fall apart."

Another reason I don't think it's Ruby. This verse makes reference to both protagonists have their shields destroyed. There are only two people in the show with shields that are close to one another: Pyrrah and Jaune. Once again the whole, forthcoming end is reiterated and it seems like even Pyrrah has lost hope.

"When we lose our faith And forsake our friends; When the moon is gone And we've reached our ends,"

This is an interesting verse. The most interesting line in it being "And forsake our friends" So not only did their friends turn their back on them, but they turned their back on their friends. Again I need to bring up the point that, no matter what I highly doubt Yang would ever turn her back on her sister, meanwhile both Pyrrah and Jaune are distant enough from everyone to really be able to sever connections in a moment of doubt, perhaps it is true about Ruby and Jaune having a moment and perhaps that leads to Jaune and Pyrrah distancing themselves from everyone else, whilst Ruby does care for Jaune, no one else really seems that close Ren and Nora are closer to each other and Weiss, Yang and Blake have minimal communication.

"I may fall

There’s a moment that changes a life when We do something that no one else can. And the path that we’ve taken will lead us: One final stand.

There’s a moment we'll make a decision Not to cower and crash on the ground. The moment we face our worst demons: Our courage found."

It is here where Jaune himself finds his inner bravery and he and Pyrrah/Ruby prepare themselves to go down fighting. "The path that we've taken" hints back to the previous verse where it was seemingly their choice to fight alone in this way.

"When we stand with friends, And we won’t retreat, As we stare down death, Then the taste is sweet."

Contrasting to the abandonment stated throughout the rest of the song, here it seems like the rest of the characters may have returned for Jaune and Pyrrah and now they are still outnumbered but they are united and fearless.

"I may fall But not like this: it won’t be by your hand. I may fall Not this place; not today. I may fall Bring it all: it's not enough to take me down. I may fall I may fall I may fall I may, I may fall."

The only interesting thing about the final chorus that hasn't been previously stated is that it ends without pronouncing that they won't fall here. The rest of the song has the protagonists saying that, whilst the may fall in this war, it won't be today, it won't be durig this moment against these enemies. This chorus actually ends with the reiteration of the worlds "I may fall". Suggesting that there isn't a happy ending to this song.

Personally I believe the song portrays the events of Jaune and Ruby getting too close and possibly having to distance themselves from RWBY so during the war RWBY and JNPR are fighting seperately. Then during this battle it seems Ren/Nora and Pyrrah/Jaune have a falling possibly caused by conflicting beliefs over what's been going on between RWBY and JNPR lately, so they leave, perhaps not knowing of the imminent threat to Jaune and Pyrrah. Then, whilst Pyyrah and Jaune fight against not only a horde of demons, but also their own fading willpower, hope and courage.

Ren and Nora run into RWBY whom, upon learning of Pyyrah and Jaune being on their own (possibly with them observing the Grimm horde that's en route) heads back with Nora and Ren in tow. They arrive just in time to aid the lovestruck duo and pushing back the creatures of Grimm, however tragedy strikes, perhaps seeing the love Jaune has for Ruby and in an attempt at redemption (or just to be the hero regardless of current relationships between RWBY and JNPR) stays behind or dies in the ensuing fight.

Just my interpretation.