Broken Hero (Archer Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works)

[Verse 1] Rust on the edge of a borrowed sword Ash in the air of a burning world A boy in the ruins promised the smoke "I'll save everyone" Like the words never choke Blood on the hands of a future ghost Counting the names he failed the most He walks on the rubble of every vow Seeing that same dumb light In my eyes right now [Pre-Chorus] You promise them everything You bleed for a world that won’t care I’ve walked that road to the end I know there’s nothing left there [Chorus] I am the wound in your wish The price of every life you miss You called it saving I called it sin Every life I pulled back pulled another in You are the dream I tried to kill The broken ideal I’m serving still If I cut you down Maybe I walk free Or vanish with the hero you wanted me to be [Verse 2] Steel in a circle Seven fools pray War in a city that never asked to pay You stand there shaking Still stepping ahead Trying to carry the weight Of the already dead I’ve seen every ending your path can afford Children of miracles Crushed by the lord Each time I arrive I'm a little more rust A machine built of corpses And secondhand trust [Bridge] Tell me Boy When the sky turns red Will you trade your name to save one more head (hey) How many lives till you lose your own face How many graves make a "beautiful" place [Chorus] I'm the broken blade of tomorrow You’re the wish that never learned to bleed You call it justice I call it sorrow You chase a dream that’s dragging you to your knees If I cut you down Will I disappear Or am I trapped in the shine of your mirror I am you When the saving is through And there's nothing left of "hero" but you [Verse 3] You still believe saving one Can somehow redeem all the rest I remember counting the names The ones I failed The ones I “blessed” Chain after chain on my back Signed every contract in blood You’re staring up at the fire I’m drowning under the flood [Prechorus] If I cut you down Do I cut out the ending? (tell me) If I spare you now Do I damn you to my ending? (same story) You look at me like I’m the villain I look at you like a grave Two sides of the same old promise One to chase One to save [Chorus] I am the oath that broke you You are the spark I lack You call it justice I call it never turning back You lift that dream like a banner I bear its weight from afar Broken hero Twisted oath I can’t forgive what we are Broken hero Twisted oath I still reach out through the scar [Bridge] If I end you here Do I free us or disappear? (tell me) Are we a lie Or the only thing that kept them alive?