[Verse] They threw me in the sand, iron chains on my skin, Crowd screaming for the blood, but I swore I’d never give in. Every day’s a battle, not just steel and the strike, It’s a war in the heart when you’re fighting for life. I was taken from my home, from the love that I knew, But her memory is my shield, and it cuts like the truth. They want a monster in the arena, a beast with a roar. But I fight like a man with a reason, a soul worth fighting for. [Hook] Though the sword is heavy, and the night is cold, I dream of her voice, and a hand to hold. If love is my weapon, I’ll never fall apart. For a gladiator bleeds, but he keeps his heart. [Verse] I see brothers in the dirt, dying for a crown they’ll never wear, A victory for the masters, but nothing for us to share. Yet hope can spark a fire, even buried underground, And every fight I win is a whisper: I won’t stay bound. The empire calls me property, a story written in chains, But my spirit stays unbroken, running wild through my veins. Someday I’ll break these walls, live the life that I had, Hold her close once again—free man, free heart, free hands. [Hook] Though the sword is heavy, and the night is cold, I dream of her voice, and a hand to hold. If love is my weapon, I’ll never fall apart. For a gladiator bleeds, but he keeps his heart. [Bridge] And if I fall in the dust, beneath a roaring sky, Know the last thing I whispered was her name before I died. But if fate gives mercy, and I walk out alive, I’ll trade the steel for her arms, and the battle for a life. [Outro] I fight for freedom, I fight for light, I fight for the woman waiting through the night. The world can break my body, but it can’t tear love apart. For a gladiator bleeds, but he keeps his heart.
