[VERSE I] Stone in my marrow, refusing to crumble Breath like a relic I polish in fear Clawing the hours that slip through my fingers Haunted by echoes that whisper I’m near [CHORUS] O Keeper of the marrow, hear my vow I offer up the years I can’t allow Bind me to the circle no one breaks Let my fading pulse be what you take [BRIDGE (spoken)] I carved my name in iron, thinking it would hold. I fed the flame of youth until it burned me cold. I begged the mirror’s mercy, but it never lied. It showed the rot beneath the will to stay alive. [VERSE II] Pulse like a covenant forged out of terror Skin like a fortress resisting the fall Drinking the years like forbidden elixirs Praying the void won’t remember to call [FINAL CHORUS] O Keeper of the marrow, seal my fate I kneel within the rites that consecrate Bind me to the circle no one leaves Take the breath I guard, the one that grieves
