Sacrifice

[Intro] Black stone. Cold bell. Seven shadows know me well. Draw the sigil. Kill the light. Something underneath me breathes tonight. [Verse 1] No lamb. No blood. No prayer to your god. I came alone with empty hands, dragging my name across the sand. Ash in my mouth. Iron in my lungs. Every curse on a dead man’s tongue. Let it ring. Let it crawl. I hear the altar call. [Pre-Chorus] Take what I was. Take what I knew. Take every shape they forced me into. The circle is closed. But I— step outside. [Chorus] I AM THE SACRIFICE. Lay my old name on the black altar. Burn what I was. Break what I carried. I AM THE SACRIFICE. No heaven above me. No hell underneath. If something must die tonight— let it be the man I used to be. [Verse 2] Gong in the dark. Teeth in the smoke. A black flame moves but gives no glow. I hear them whisper: Unholy. Unclean. Possessed. Good. Let every word be another nail pulled from my chest. I fed the abyss everything I feared. It gave nothing back. Still— I am here. [Pre-Chorus] Take my shame. Take my skin. Take every cage I carried within. The circle is broken. And I— don’t go back. [Chorus] I AM THE SACRIFICE. Lay my old name on the black altar. Burn what I was. Break what I carried. I AM THE SACRIFICE. No heaven above me. No hell underneath. If something must die tonight— let it be the man I used to be. [Bridge] Who did you summon? … Who did you summon? The candles die. The gong still rings. Something rises inside the smoke. You ask its name. I know its name. I know its name. MINE. [Breakdown] No master. No god. No chain. No name. No master. No god. NO— CHAIN. [Final Chorus] YOU CALLED ME THE SACRIFICE. I CALL IT REBIRTH. I left my old name burning on your altar. Let the black flame rise. Let the whole earth shudder. I walked into the circle with nothing but hurt— AND I WALK OUT WEARING THE CURSE. You called me the sacrifice. I call it— REBIRTH. [Outro] The altar is empty. The circle is broken. The gong keeps ringing. And I— am still here.