Broken Kinship

Intro (low chant, distant choir) No oath was spoken wrong… No ritual undone… Yet something sacred rots beneath the sun… Verse 1 I felt it first before I saw their flame The rhythm of a bond — but not the same The air grew tight, the ground withdrew As if the earth itself already knew Three silhouettes against the ash Three shadows carved in thunder’s crash The roar that split the crimson sky Was not a monster’s battle cry It was commanded. Pre-Chorus Reins pulled tight Spurs to pride Kinship twisted, forced to ride Chorus (full instrumentation surges) You wear the mark but you break the vow You call it strength — but look at them now Anjanath raging on borrowed will Diablos forced to bend and kill Khezu shrieking in blind command You raise your hand — they understand Not love. Not trust. Just iron in the blood and dust. Verse 2 The fire-breather’s eyes burn wide Not with fury — but something denied A tyrant made to kneel in shame Driven harder in your name The desert king that split the sand Now strikes because you raise your hand That horn was never meant to bow Yet you have made it bow somehow And pale beneath a hollow sky The eyeless horror twists its cry It does not see — it only feels The pressure of your sharpened will Pre-Chorus You call this order You call this right But harmony does not fear the light Chorus (heavier, faster drums) You wear the mark but you break the vow You call it strength — but look at them now Anjanath roaring against its chain Diablos charging through forced pain Khezu writhing in silent dread You steer their hearts inside their heads Not bond. Not fate. Just dominance you decorate. Bridge (music strips down — low distorted pulse, distant echoing laughter from the opposing riders woven through the instrumental, not lyrical) I hear you laughing through the clash As thunder splits and embers flash You think that fear is loyalty You think control is destiny But listen close beneath the cries Beneath the tremor of the skies Your monsters do not roar with you They endure. The earth remembers every lie. Final Chorus (grand, choir rising) You wear the mark but you stain the flame You share the title — not the name Anjanath burns but not for you Diablos charges split in two Khezu screams in voiceless plea This is not what Riders should be If this is strength, then let it fall If this is power, I reject it all For bond is not a blade to bend And I will fight To mend What you pretend. Outro (choir fading, low strings) Three shadows fade in shattered ground But echoes linger in the sound A vow is more than what you claim