Not What We Asked For

I didn’t seek the fire, didn’t crave the flame But still it came, and called my name I saw your eyes through smoke and dust And something in me learned to trust We were just shadows passing by Two broken hearts too proud to cry But when the ground began to shake You held me close— I didn’t break I didn’t come here lookin’ for a fight But pain got loud in the dead of night We built a bond from a world torn down No crowns, no glory — just battlegrounds I ain’t a hero, never tried to be But love showed up in the war with me Not for fame, not for some grand parade Just wanted to feel... that we weren’t afraid I didn’t mean to fall into the fight But danger taught me how to hold you tight Your heartbeat louder than the sirens cry And I knew... I'm not alone tonight Oh we were strangers in the smoke But pain became the words we spoke Through shattered glass and burning skies We found the truth behind the lies I didn’t come here lookin’ for a fight But pain got loud in the dead of night We built a bond from a world torn down No crowns, no glory — just battlegrounds I ain’t a hero, never tried to be But love showed up in the war with me Not for fame, not for some grand parade Just wanted to feel... that we weren’t afraid Maybe it was chaos that made us whole Every scar just tracing out our soul If something tender bloomed in the fire's breath Then maybe healing walks beside the wreck Love was born in the firelight You and I, we came alive We didn’t ask for war But it showed us something more From the storm, we chose to rise And in the threat, we realized… We are—