[Intro, Mechanical Pulse, Hollow Choir] (Cold rhythm, distant echoes) [Verse 1, Male Voice, Controlled Growl] I gave them fire, I gave them law No heaven left to beg for more They kneel in fear, they call me king But silence isn’t loyalty [Verse 2, Male Voice, Cracking Edge] Every scream sounds just the same Power dulls the taste of flame I said mercy was a chain Now it’s absence that remains [Pre-Chorus, Uneasy Build] I cut the weak to prove I’m strong But strength alone feels terribly wrong [Chorus, Heavy, Haunting] Mercy is a lie I told myself To burn away my former self I ruled by fear, I ruled by flame Now every face just speaks my name [Post-Chorus, Choir Whisper] (Mer-cy… is a lie…) [Verse 3, Male Voice, Fractured Authority] They don’t follow, they obey I see the cost but look away I wear this crown, but feel the weight Of every soul I couldn’t save [Pre-Chorus, Escalation] If mercy’s gone and love is dead Then why can’t I escape my head? [Chorus, Expanded, Choir + Orchestra] Mercy is a lie I swore was true A weakness I could outgrow too But every throne I stand upon Is built from ghosts I can’t outrun [Bridge, Instrumental, Distorted Reflection] (Dissonant strings, broken rhythms) [Final Chorus, Bitter Realization] Call me ruler, call me god I feel the cracks beneath the fraud I broke the chains, I sealed my fate No mercy left—too late, too late [Outro, Cold Collapse] (Choir fades into static) Power remains. Peace does not. [End]
