[Instrumental Intro (low growling bassline, gospel choir hum, slow-building drum roll, heartbeat kick pattern)] --- [Verse 1 (raspy male vocal, deep rhythm guitar pulse)] The cage was built from pain and chain He broke the lock, defied the strain Each bark a prayer, each roar a creed He fought the dark and made it bleed --- [Pre-Chorus (snare hits rise, choir hums beneath breath)] Faith and fury walked the line Heart still beats between the rhyme --- [Chorus (full band, gospel choir, echoing snare and bass drop)] He howled with truth, no mercy in his tone Every verse a battle carved in bone The lost found hope when his fire came through The broken rose ‘cause his pain was true He bled the sound that the world denied Yeah the lion roared, but the man survived --- [Verse 2 (bass thunders, rasp cracks, half-spoken grit)] He fell, he prayed, he rose again His scars were maps from where he’d been Each tear became a war drum’s beat And rage and love refused defeat --- [Pre-Chorus (beat drops to half-time, whispered harmony)] Pain’s the price for soul’s design Freedom’s born where hearts align --- [Chorus (hard snare, gospel voices rise like thunder)] He howled with truth, no mercy in his tone Every verse a battle carved in bone The lost found hope when his fire came through The broken rose ‘cause his pain was true He bled the sound that the world denied Yeah the lion roared, but the man survived --- [Bridge (spoken growl, heavy reverb, heartbeat drum under gospel echo)] He said, “Lord, if I fall, then lift my soul” You could feel the prayer through every toll Not a curse, but a cry for peace When the dogs bark loud, the chains release --- [Instrumental (guitar solo wails like lament, layered choir hum “uh” rhythm, fading heartbeat drum)] --- [Final Chorus (audience chants, full band returns, gospel harmonies soar)] He howled with truth, no mercy in his tone Every verse a battle carved in bone The lost found hope when his fire came through The broken rose ‘cause his pain was true He bled the sound that the world denied Yeah the lion roared, but the man survived --- [Outro (choir fades on “Amen”, slow drum fade, single growl echo into silence)]
