9. Betrayal in the Catacombs

Verse 1 Beneath the city’s rotted spine We ran through tomb and crypt and shrine Pursued by footsteps, cloaks, and steel By things too close to name as real She was beside me through the chase Smoke and laughter on her face Till in the chamber’s hollow breath I saw ambition dressed as death Chorus Betrayal in the catacombs Where the living walk like bones Where the hand you thought would hold Turns to iron, turns to cold Betrayal in the catacombs Echoes down the stone Trust can die without a blade And leave you just as alone Verse 2 She took the pages from the floor Like a thief before a war Said power never should be caged Said fear is wasted on the brave I heard in her what I had heard In every old ancestral word The hunger not to end the night But wear its crown and call it right Chorus Betrayal in the catacombs Where the living walk like bones Where the hand you thought would hold Turns to iron, turns to cold Betrayal in the catacombs Echoes down the stone Trust can die without a blade And leave you just as alone Bridge So we fought in dust and flame Among the dead without a name She with fury, quick and bright I with grief turned into fight I did not kill what I once knew I let the dark divide us through And watched her vanish with a vow To make me kneel before her now Final Chorus Betrayal in the catacombs I still hear that sound Of friendship breaking under greed And crumbling to the ground Betrayal in the catacombs Taught me what is true Sometimes the darkest thing we face Is what we almost knew