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Verse I – Temple of Betrayal I knelt in halls of ivory light, Salt on my lips, sea in my veins. Marble saints with hollow eyes Watched as godhands broke my chains. He poured the ocean through my flesh, A storm behind a perfumed smile. The altar cracked beneath his weight, Holiness drowned in his denial. Athena’s gaze was iron hail, Her silence louder than his roar. No judgment fell on trident’s hand, Only on the girl upon the floor. Golden hair like sacred threads Turned to serpents, spat and hissed. My prayers became a poison crown, My faith became a clenched black fist. Pre-Chorus – The First Turning I am the mirror of their lies, The bruise behind their sacred texts. They wrote me as a monster’s hymn To hide the stain on godly necks. Chorus – Stone Choir Look into my eyes And sing no more. Your throat will fill with dust, Your heartbeat become ore. I bless you with this curse, A quiet, final tone. Join the stone choir of the wretched, Be my kingdom carved in bone. Verse II – Exile in the Ruins They drove me to the bleeding shore, Where statues listened to the tide. Sand swallowed names of those I loved, Only the serpents stayed inside. I walked through forests stiff with fear, Leaves held breath on every tree. Every gaze that touched my skin Turned roots and bone to effigies. I learned the weight of empty roads, The echo of a godless sky. The stars avert their holy eyes, Even constellations pass me by. I am the shrine of broken vows, An idol for the castaway. The gods have wiped me from their songs, But not from what the dead will say. Pre-Chorus II – Revelation If sin is carved in mortal flesh, Then heaven wears a hidden brand. The blood they spilled across my name Still drips from every sacred hand. Chorus – Stone Choir (variant) Look into my eyes, Confess your war. Your heroes shatter, crown and blade, Your scriptures rot at their core. I bless you with this curse, To stand forever alone. Yet in that stillness, you will hear My gospel sung in stone. Bridge – The Gaze as Liturgy I am the silence after screams, The pause between the lash and prayer. I am the hymn the victims hum When no one knows that they were there. Come pilgrim, come with fearless pride, With polished shield and sharpened tongue. Your courage is a brittle shell, Your legend ends where mine begun. Kneel in the graveyard of my eyes, Feel your bones begin to freeze. Each breath you take becomes a brick In my cathedral of disease. Breakdown – Curse of the Gods All rise, let the record show— Let every god that watched me fall Be called to answer for the day. All rise, let the docket turn— Let every priest who spoke my shame Hear the verdict read this way. Who do you blame? Not me. Who wrote the lie? Not me. Who kept the blade? Not me. Who made the saint? Not me. I am the witness they ignored, The case they buried under stone. If heaven won’t enter the stand, Then hell can wear Athena’s robes. Final Chorus – Apotheosis in Stone Look into my eyes, I’m not asking you to stay. I’ve carried every prayer you broke Like glass beneath my skin for days. Look into my eyes, And tell me what you see: A girl the gods called poison Or the bruise they made in me? I bless you with this curse, Not to punish, but to know What it costs to be the monster They needed me to show. So stand here in my shadow, Let the truth come down like stone. The last true temple on this earth Was built from what they left alone. Outro – Medusa’s Last Word I was beautiful and broken, Now I’m the anchor of their fear. The gods are tales for frightened hearts, But I am real and standing here. So come and see the truth they hide, Come walk the road they made me roam. One final glance, and you will know— The only heaven is my stone.