“The Trials Begin” (Trials One & Two) Verse 1 – Trial One (The Wyrm) Stone pit. Dark mouth. Something breathing. Too big to fight. Too fast to flee. I watch the way it turns, not why. Count the seconds it takes to rise. Blood on the floor. Fire in my side. I don’t think win. I think survive. If I move wrong, this is the end— So I wait. Then I run. ⸻ Pre-Chorus I don’t feel brave. I don’t feel smart. I feel my hands. I feel my heart. ⸻ Chorus I do the thing that keeps me here. I don’t look back. I don’t look clear. If there’s a rule, I bend it thin— I’m not meant to win. I’m meant to live. ⸻ Verse 2 – The Aftermath (The Bargain) The crowd goes still. The floor tilts wrong. My arm hangs quiet— broken, gone. I taste iron. I see stars. I don’t scream. I don’t ask. He leans in close like this is nothing. Says my name like we’re old friends. Says, “I can fix it. But everything has a cost in the end.” I don’t trust him. I don’t stall. I nod once. That’s all. ⸻ Pre-Chorus Pain fades fast. The mark stays sharp. I stand again— not whole, but up. ⸻ Chorus I do the thing that keeps me here. I take the deal. I swallow fear. If mercy comes with strings tied in— I’m not meant to win. I’m meant to live. ⸻ Verse 3 – Trial Two (The Levers) Three answers. One is right. Words I can’t read. No time. A cage draws close. Metal sings. He’s screaming now— I feel it in my ribs. My hands shake. I guess. I reach— Pain blooms sharp in my palm. I pull back fast. Wrong. I try again— the ache returns, a warning pressed into bone. Then silence. I hover once more— no fire, no burn. Just breath. I don’t know why. I don’t ask how. I pull. ⸻ Final Chorus I do the thing that keeps me here. Even wrong still feels like fear. If living means I lose something— I’m not meant to win. I’m meant to live. ⸻ Outro Call it done. I’m still standing. That’s enough. That’s it.
