3.Elegy for the Hollow Flame

[Verse 1] This fire once roared like a lion inside Now it flickers low, with nowhere to hide Ashes sleep where the thunder stood I burned for them — they misunderstood [Verse 2] The voices I followed, the crowns I betrayed Led me to silence, not the light I prayed And yet I breathe in this frozen ash A spark still buried beneath the crash [Chorus] This is the elegy for the hollow flame For every truth that died in shame But from the cinders, I still rise The end is not where meaning dies [Verse 3] I’ve lost the gods, the lies they sell But found myself in the ruin's spell The warmth I gave now turns to scars Still, I wear them like dying stars [Bridge] No light remains — just the will to move No hero’s tale — just pain to prove But if I burn, let it be my own No borrowed fire, no borrowed throne [Final Chorus] This is the elegy for the hollow flame A requiem carved into my name But in this cold, I stake my claim: I am the ember — I am the flame