[Verse 1 – (Clean guitar intro, slow and moody)] He wakes alone, in memory deep, Eyes are wide, but never sleep. Voices scream behind his stare, But no one’s left who really cares. Children cry and lovers rage, The boss, the past , a haunted cage. Every fault, each shattered plea, The world decides: “It’s never me!” [Pre-Chorus – (Tempo rising)] The voices rise, the burden grows, A man beneath what no one knows. A father, ghost, a bitter dream, Drowning in the silent screams… [Chorus – (Full band kicks in, classic Maiden gallop)] Never me! — that’s what they say, Blame the fool who walks away. Never me! — the weight I bear, While you just point and never care. The house, the debt, the war within, They curse my name for every sin. But when it breaks, and you’re set free… Who will you call? (It won’t be me!) [Verse 2 – (Driving bass rhythm)] His shoulders bent with loaded pain, A pack of wolves, the guilt, the shame. The cards are maxed, the money gone, But still he crawls to carry on. The boss man shouts, “Not good enough!” The mirror whispers, “You’re just a bluff.” But none see what he’s become A battle fought, a soul undone. [Bridge – (Slow, epic harmonized guitars)] Ghosts of parents, pale and grim, Judge the man who can’t save them. He gave his youth, he bled his years, Yet all he earns are rage and tears… No hero’s arc, no martyr’s grace, Just silence in the hollow place. He fades away, the crowd still blind, While screaming voices fill his mind… [Chorus – (Return, heavier and more defiant)] Never me! — that’s what you claim, As you ignite the guilt and flame. Never me! — the beast you see, Is just the man you’d never be. You took the house, the hope, the soul, But left me with the burning coal. So when you fall, and curse the sea… You’ll cry to God… But never me! [Outro – (Fading solo, melancholic tone)] (Whispers in the dark) “Never me…” “Never me…” (He walks away, unseen, unheard) “Never me…”
