[Intro: Sound of a crackling fire. An old, raspy voice speaks] "The years have passed... my hair is white, but the fire... the fire never went out. Every time I close my eyes, I am back there... at the beginning of the end." [Verse 1 – The Seed: Past Tense] A whisper born in ale and smoke, A hollow truth, a bitter joke. I sowed a seed of ancient hate, To feel the sting of pride and fate. [Pre-Chorus – The Spread: Past Tense] From town to town the venom crawled, Through castle gates and temple halls. I didn't know, I couldn't see, How deep the scars of lies would be. [Chorus – The Haunting: Present Tense as a "Memory that never ends"] Still I stand where the arrow flies! Forever caught in burning skies! Every soul lost calls my name, In the ashes of my shame! [Verse 2 – The Storm: Past Tense] My lie became the iron rage, A bloody hand on every page. The banners rose, the kings were led, By every word that I had said. [Pre-Chorus – The Inevitable: Past Tense] The viral storm I couldn't stay, No prayer could turn the steel away. No hand could pull the signal down, Across the charred and silent town. [Chorus – The Haunting] Still I stand where the arrow flies! Forever caught in burning skies! Every soul lost calls my name, In the ashes of my shame! [Instrumental Break: Sounds of clashing swords and screams, fading into the sound of wind] [Bridge – The Burden: The Old Man’s Present Despair] I cannot kill the word I gave, Or pull my brothers from the grave. The bow is bent, the string is tight, I live forever in that night. [Chorus – Ultimate Peak] Still I stand where the arrow flies! Forever haunted by the lies! Millions fell because of me, One lie lost to history! [Outro – The Echo: Back to the present, crackling fire] No rewind, no mercy's breath, Only the long and cold of death. In the place where truth has died, I bear the weight of what I lied. Where moments cannot return.
