3. Bloodline of Ash

Verse 1 I was born from borrowed grace From a proud and haunted face From a line that bartered light For a throne inside the night Ancient hands in jeweled sleeves Spoke their oaths and dealt deceit Built their names on blood and flame Left their children cursed in shame Chorus Bloodline of ash Kingdom of ruin Crowns made of guilt And vows made of sin Bloodline of ash Still burning in me I wear the wounds Of what they chose to be Verse 2 Every page and every sign Carved the same mark into mine Legacy is not a gift It is stone that will not lift They were not the damned alone They became the curse they’d sown Fed the dark and called it power Now I taste the final hour Chorus Bloodline of ash Kingdom of ruin Crowns made of guilt And vows made of sin Bloodline of ash Still burning in me I wear the wounds Of what they chose to be Bridge Tell me how to wash a name When the water turns to flame Tell me how to bury blame When the grave still speaks the same I did not choose these ancient scars But I still must bear their stars Verse 3 I have heard the stories now Felt the cold of every vow And though their shadows stain my breath I will not kneel to inherited death Final Chorus Bloodline of ash I know what you are A trail of ghosts A ruinous star Bloodline of ash You do not own me I am the hand That cuts the family tree