THE BAR FEARS ME BERSERKERCORE Track III (A single Olympic bar rolls across the platform.) CLANG… Silence. A deep inhale. Then… The sound of hands wrapping around cold steel. ⸻ INTRO A low voice… “You’ve beaten me before…” “Today…” “You won’t.” (War drums begin.) ⸻ VERSE I Cold steel waits Without a name Every session Looks the same But every time I grip that bar It learns exactly Who we are It knows my sweat It knows my blood It watched me crawl Out of the mud Today it bends… Not because it’s weak… Because I refuse Defeat. ⸻ PRE-CHORUS No loud words No empty roar My actions shake The iron floor ⸻ CHORUS THE BAR FEARS ME!! NOT MY MIGHT!! MY RETURN!! MY FIGHT!! EVERY TIME!! I COME BACK!! I NEVER LEAVE!! THE BATTLEFIELD!! THE BAR FEARS ME!! ⸻ VERSE II It remembers Every fail Every grip That turned pale Every weight That pinned me down Every time I wore the crown… Of the one Who got back up Filled the chalk Lifted enough Until one day Without a sound… The bar… Stopped winning. ⸻ PRE-CHORUS Steel remembers So do I One more battle One more try ⸻ CHORUS THE BAR FEARS ME!! NOT MY STRENGTH!! MY WILL!! MY DISCIPLINE!! ⸻ BRIDGE (Everything disappears except a heartbeat.) A calm voice… “Iron…” “Has no emotions.” “It does not hate you.” “It does not love you.” “It simply asks…” “Will you return tomorrow?” Silence. ⸻ BREAKDOWN The guitars become impossibly heavy. The drums sound like collapsing mountains. COME! BACK! COME! BACK! COME! BACK! Every gang vocal shakes like an avalanche. ⸻ VERSE III The strongest men Are not the few Who never failed Like others do They’re simply those Who always came Back again To play the game The bar now waits Without a sound Knowing soon… I’ll come around Not seeking victory… Seeking growth. Victory… Always follows. ⸻ FINAL CHORUS THE BAR FEARS ME!! NOT MY POWER!! MY PERSISTENCE!! NOT MY SIZE!! MY PURPOSE!! NOT MY EGO!! MY RETURN!! THE BAR FEARS ME!! ⸻ OUTRO The plates are reracked. Footsteps leave the platform. A final whisper. “See you tomorrow.” CLANG.
