Iron-Dust Requiem

[Intro – wind + low drum, distant choir] (Female – soft, haunting) Ash in the wind… I remember your name… (Male – low, steady) We were never meant to kneel… --- [Verse 1 – Male] Rode out the gate with iron and dust Storm in my chest, no one to trust They tried to brand me, chain my name Now I ride back different… I ride back flame --- [Verse 2 – Female] Scaled in emerald, fire in my veins Born from ruin, raised in flames You see a crown—I see a lie I don’t bow down… I let it die --- [Pre-Chorus – BOTH, building] No we don’t break… No we don’t kneel… No we don’t die in the field… --- [CHORUS – FULL POWER, BOTH] We are the fang, we are the flame Carved in blood, no gods to name Run with the storm, rise through the pain We were never meant to be saved (Female lift) Born in fire— (Male hit) Forged in chain— (BOTH) Now we break it… Born of fang and flame --- [Verse 3 – Male] Footsteps shake and the sky turns black Giants fall when we strike back Steel don’t lie and the ground don’t heal You don’t hunt legends… they hunt for real --- [Verse 4 – Female – darker, colder] Wings of ash and a heart gone still I’ve walked through hell by my own will Not your savior, not your sin I don’t lose… I don’t give in --- [BREAKDOWN – DRUM HEAVY, CHANT STYLE] (Group – low, rhythmic) No break! No kneel! No death in the field! (repeat with rising intensity) --- [FINAL CHORUS – BIGGER, CHAOTIC] We are the fang, we are the flame No more chains and no more names Storm-born souls that won’t be tamed We don’t kneel—we leave it in flame (Female soaring) Born in fire— (Male grit) Forged in pain— (BOTH) Stand together… Fang and flame --- [OUTRO – stripped down] (Female – fading) When the fire dies… we’re still standing… (Male – final, quiet and hard) Always were.