Borrowed Shadows, Given Light

[Verse 1] In borrowed shadows, hollow halls A child drowns in whispered shame When voices cut like autumn frost At debts that bore another's name I walk these winding roads alone Where childhood tears have turned to stone Each meal I earn, a silent vow That I will never bow again [Chorus] No regrets to shadow when I'm gone No borrowed time left to repay I've carved this breath from hardened clay With hands that forged their own escape [Verse 2] Through flickering ghosts and neon dreams I bend reality to my design In woven code and phantom sounds I weave a world that answers only mine When dawn ignites or darkness reigns The choice at last rests in my hands The child who wilted 'neath their gaze Now casts a shadow where he stands [Bridge] Between the echoes, light and shade I found the truth I couldn't name Not in the hollow praise of men But in this flame that none can tame [Final Chorus] No regrets to shadow when I'm gone This feast I carved from barren lands My scars have bloomed to mark the path In silence, I have found my crown