**Song Title:** Blood on the Cross **Artist:** The Templar **Featuring:** Featuring a Tasha Cobbs-style vocalist and a Sevin-style rapper **Tempo:** 88 BPM **Style:** Gospel Hip-Hop Fusion with R&B Harmony, field recordings: ambient rain, cathedral wind, distant bell tolls, thunderstorm **Lyrics:** [Verse 1] I don’t chase the crown — I carry the cross, They tried to silence truth — now it echoes in the loss. I was lost in the system, now I’m found in the flame, No more selling my soul — I’m trading it for His name. They said, “Live for the moment,” I said, “Eternity’s mine,” He turned my broken bones into a temple divine. I don’t need your spotlight — I need His holy breath, You build your empire — I build my life in His REST. [**rain**] [**thunder**] [Chorus] Scars (SCARS) like crowns — bruises glorified, PAIN! [**echo: PAIN!**] — currency of the person inside. Mindset on suffering — that’s how you know it’s arrived, Cloaked in zeal — no need to fuel this ride. [**rain**] [**wind**] [**thunder**] [Chorus] Scars (SCARS) like crowns — bruises glorified, PAIN! [**echo: PAIN!**] — currency of the person inside. Mindset on suffering — that’s how you know it’s arrived, Cloaked in zeal — no need to fuel this ride. [**rain**] [**wind**] [**thunder**] [Pre-Chorus] They called it weakness — I call it wrath, They buried His body — He broke the path. Silence was heavy — then heaven roared, The grave had no claim — He walked through the door. [**wind**] [**thunder**] [**bell toll**] [Chorus] Scars (SCARS) like crowns — bruises glorified, PAIN! [**echo: PAIN!**] — currency of the person inside. Mindset on suffering — that’s how you know it’s arrived, Cloaked in zeal — no need to fuel this ride. [**rain**] [**wind**] [**thunder**] [Bridge] The thorns bit flesh — His brow ran red, [**lightning crack**] The sky grew black above His head, [**thunder boom**] He drank the cup no ONE ELSE could drain, [**wind howl**] And crushed the curse beneath His pain, [**deep thunder roll**] Hell screamed loud — but He walked through it, [**bell toll**] Death drew near — but He overthrew it, [**rain returns, steady**] He didn’t come for earthly praise, [**wind rises**] He came to raze the ancient chains, [**thunder fades to growl**] Now every wound, every shadow, every night we fight — Is swallowed in the furnace of His risen light. [**wind sighs**] [Chorus] Scars (SCARS) like crowns — bruises glorified, PAIN! [**echo: PAIN!**] — currency of the person inside. Mindset on suffering — that’s how you know it’s arrived, Cloaked in zeal — no need to fuel this ride. [**rain**] [**wind**] [**thunder**] [Outro] Rage that lingers, grief that bites, Loss that echoes — through the nights. Hope flickers, trembling, thin, But fire stirs — El Shaddai got the win! [**bell toll**] [**rain fades**] [**wind exhales**] [**silence**]
