(INTRO) (Cold rain. Thunder. One heartbeat.) “How much more can one man take…” (Silence.) “How much more can one man carry…” “This weight… is crushing me…” (Looks toward the heavens.) “But for them… …I will never kneel.” ⸻ VERSE I The road grows longer everyday, The mountain never bends. Every answer births another question, Every battle never ends. These hands were made for lifting, Now they tremble from the strain. Something walks beside me… Learning every weakness… Learning every pain. ⸻ (PRE-CHORUS) The weight keeps growing… The sky turns gray… Every voice keeps whispering… “You’re Weak.” “You’re not strong enough to carry them!” “Walk away…” ⸻ (CHORUS) (Whispered) Not today… Not today… You won’t bury… Who I’m becoming… Not… Today… ⸻ (VERSE II) The air grows cold… The silence breaks… The trials have begun. Gravemaw… “Stay down.” CRACK Hollowveil… “You’ll never be enough.” CRACK Chainfather… “You’ll always be who you were.” CRACK Ashmourne… “You’ve given enough.” CRACK Bloodclock… “You’re too late.” CRACK Iron Eater… “Tomorrow…” CRACK! The fractures glow… But I remain standing. ⸻ (PRE-CHORUS II) The darkness pauses… Every whisper dies… Even the monsters… Turn their eyes… ⸻ (THE ARRIVAL) (Everything stops.) The silence is deafening. The wind is still. The Forge heartbeat is faint. The Prime Adversaries step aside. A presence… Older than fear. Heavier than death. A voice… Barely above a whisper. ”…Kneel.” ⸻ (THE REVELATION) Every burden… Every fear… Every failure… Every grief… Every doubt… Becomes one impossible weight. My legs begin to shake. My vision fades. One knee… Starts to fall. Then… The voice speaks again. “I am…” (Long pause.) ”…Oblivion.” Silence. The darkness presses harder. “You’re too weak to carry your family.” The knee falls lower… “Give up…let them see you fail.” Almost touching… “I will devour them when you fall.” I grit my teeth… “We will…..break you!” I Lift my eyes… And whisper… “Not… Today.” (Massive drop.) I clinch my fists tight…. …and pull with everything I have…. The earth cracks and shatters beneath my feet…. ….SNAP!!… The sound heard across the land…. Gravemaw’s chains….fall to the ground…. There I stand… Not afraid…. in the presence of……Oblivion.., “No……… NO……Not Today…” “I will never Kneel!” “I will never Kneel!” “But You….You….will Fear my Name!”
