Fortune by Armageddon

The ground split The sky screamed Everything fell Except me Fire kissed my skin Ash filled my lungs The world cried out I didn’t Let them run Let them beg I stayed And I watched the sun die I am the flame after the fire The step beyond the fall You call it the end I call it my turn I am Armageddon And I am just beginning Bones cracked under my feet Their last words became silence But I was louder I rose from ruin not in mourning but in purpose The world broke So I built my throne from the wreckage I am the flame after the fire The step beyond the fall You call it the end I call it my turn I am Armageddon And I am just beginning They warned of fire They warned of death But they never warned of me Because I don’t burn I become the smoke I don’t fall I am the weight that crushes what’s left Call me a curse Call me the end But I am what remains when all else breaks I don’t end stories I erase the ink and write something real I am the flame after the fire The step beyond the fall You call it the end I call it my rise I am Armageddon And you survived me only because I let you