[Intro] The pages curled with time and ash Thirteen chapters, gone in a flash But one remained, untouched by flame The one that dared to speak my name [Verse 1] I wrote in ink made from regret Each line a scar I can't forget I tried to end the tale at twelve But ghosts don’t stay upon the shelf [Verse 2] The lies I told to stay alive The hearts I broke to just survive They all return in Chapter XIII Where nothing’s hidden, nothing’s clean [Pre-Chorus] The truth unfolds like broken glass Every word a shattered past No happy end, no great escape Just mirrors held to my own face [Chorus] Chapter XIII, the reckoning calls No heroes rise, no angels fall Just a boy with ink-stained hands Trying to rewrite where he stands The story bends, the spine may break But this is real — no more fake Chapter XIII, it ends with me This time, I choose who I will be [Verse 3] I see her name in cursive red The one I lost, the words I left unsaid She was the footnote in my war But I can’t hide behind “before” [Bridge] This isn’t a dream, this isn’t a scream It’s the silence between The moment you change... Or become the page [Chorus] Chapter XIII, the reckoning calls No heroes rise, no angels fall Just a boy with ink-stained hands Trying to rewrite where he stands The story bends, the spine may break But this is real — no more fake Chapter XIII, it ends with me This time, I choose who I will be [Outro] So I turn the page with trembling breath Chapter XIII... My life, my death
