[Intro – whispered, cold] Balance is a lie. Mercy is a wound. You prayed inside the temple… I became the blade in the room. [Verse 1] I was born where the silence cuts deep, Where the shadows crawl and the weak don’t sleep, Had a brother in the light, now he’s dead to me, Still preaching peace while the streets still bleed. I saw bodies in the garden, smoke in the sky, He saw balance, I saw reasons to die, He kept calm with his hands held clean, I put blood on mine so they could breathe. I don’t need forgiveness, I don’t need grace, I don’t need your laws, I erased that place, I took every rule that was carved in stone, Then I broke that shrine and made it my throne. [Pre-Chorus] Call me monster, call me wrong, I’ve been hearing that name too long, If fear is the only thing cowards know, Then I’ll paint it black and let it show. [Chorus] Cut the light, let it die, I don’t pray, I don’t hide, If they want war, I’ll sharpen the night, One more breath, one more knife. Cut the light, watch it fall, Shen can’t save them, not at all, I became what the darkness likes, Blood on the floor, but the cause is right. [Post-Chorus] Oh, oh, oh — shadows on my side, Oh, oh, oh — no more temple lies, Oh, oh, oh — let the weak gods cry, Cut the light, cut the light. [Verse 2] Shen, you stood there watching the flame, Held your peace like it covered your shame, You call me lost, but I found my way, In the bodies your mercy couldn’t save. You wear honor like a mask on your face, But I saw fear when you called it faith, All that balance, all that control, Still couldn’t save one broken soul. So I moved like death through the rain and smoke, Left red on the walls where the old laws broke, Every enemy learned when the shadows came, That peace is quiet, but revenge has a name. [Pre-Chorus 2] Call me traitor, call me sin, I became what you buried within, You keep your balance, I’ll keep my blade, I’ll do the work that the righteous evade. [Chorus] Cut the light, let it die, I don’t pray, I don’t hide, If they want war, I’ll sharpen the night, One more breath, one more knife. Cut the light, watch it fall, Shen can’t save them, not at all, I became what the darkness likes, Blood on the floor, but the cause is right. [Bridge – slower, darker, building] Maybe I was someone once, Before the blood, before the hunt, Before I learned that mercy breaks, Before I smiled at my mistakes. But I have seen what kindness costs, I have counted every loss, So if my soul is damned tonight, Then damn me twice — I know I’m right. [Breakdown – violent, chant-like] Step in the dark, better kneel, better run, I don’t miss when the killing is done, One blade, two blades, three shadows move, By the time you blink, they’re already through. No peace. No crown. No prayer. No sound. No law. No chain. No Shen. No shame. [Final Chorus – bigger, more anthem-like] Cut the light, let it die, I don’t pray, I don’t hide, If they want war, I’ll sharpen the night, One more breath, one more knife. Cut the light, watch it fall, Shen can’t save them, not at all, I became what the darkness likes, Blood on the floor, but the cause is right. [Outro – whispered] He chose balance. I chose blood. He chose silence. I chose enough. And when the light starts begging… I cut.
