Intro – instrumental only Sparse acoustic guitar, slow D minor picking. ] [Verse 1 – Spoken-sung, close-mic, dry tone] I stood where the angels bled to dust, Their crimson marks still stain the stone. Each oath they carved upon their flesh, Now whispers softly through my own. [Verse 2 – Soft melodic lift, haunted tone] The sky remembers every name, The wind recites the prayer we made. I dip my blade in sacred flame, To honor them — the debt repaid. [Bridge] They said the blood would keep us pure, That pain could wash the hunger clean. But I have seen the truth endure — We bleed to hold what might have been. [Chorus – Full acoustic + soft distorted guitar swells, layered vocals] Under the blooded sky I kneel, Among the ashes of the brave. Each cut, each scar, the vows we seal — Our faith is written in the grave. [Verse 3 – Quiet reprise, nearly whispered] I hear them still — the brothers lost, Their voices drift through smoke and bone. I bleed for them, no matter cost, For in their death… I stand alone. [whispered fade out] "Alone......."
