VERSE 1 I walk through fire with broken paws Steel in my breath, blood in my claws A thousand guns, a million eyes But none of them have heard my cries They cage the stars, they burn the trees They call it war — I call it disease They want my land, they want my pride But I won’t run. I won’t hide. ⸻ CHORUS My skin is on the sideline — torn and raw But my heart still beats like a hammer of war I’ve lost my name, I’ve lost my kin But I’ll carve my vengeance in their skin My skin is on the sideline — let them stare One cat left, and I do not care They’ll write no song, they’ll dig no grave But I’ll make them feel the life they crave ⸻ VERSE 2 Steel on fur, and rage on stone I fight with bones that aren’t my own Their banners wave, their voices cheer But I was born with sharper fear Each step I take, another falls My roar will crack their concrete walls They march in ranks — cold and clean But I am wild. I am mean. ⸻ CHORUS My skin is on the sideline — left to bleed But they’ll remember what I did to lead I fight alone, I fight to feel The burn of truth in every kill My skin is on the sideline — marked in flame But no man leaves this war the same I am the scratch they never planned The last wild heart they couldn’t brand ⸻ BRIDGE (slow and brutal) I see the rifles, I see the tanks I smell their fear beneath their ranks I was their pet, I was their toy Now I am wrath they can’t destroy ⸻ FINAL CHORUS My skin is on the sideline — ripped apart But they can’t kill what owns its heart Let ‘em march, let ‘em swarm I’ll be the purr inside the storm My skin is on the sideline — but I remain A living scar, a song of pain Let them win, let them lie— But I’ll be laughing when I die Wwwwhhhhennn iiii ffffaaaallll
