[Verse 1] They raised their weapons, thinking I would flee They learned too late what it means to challenge me No court, no chains, no waiting for a trial I saw the guilty and I judged them in a while You call it cruelty I call it truth You beg for mercy I see no use [Pre-Chorus] I am the spear I am the flame Kneel before the judgment Or die beneath my name [Chorus] I AM PUNISHMENT NOT JUSTICE I AM THE HAND THAT STRIKES WHEN MERCY TURNS TO WEAKNESS NO PRAYER WILL STAY MY SPEAR NO PLEA WILL MAKE ME HEAR You chose the path You chose the crime Now face the goddess At the end of time [Verse 2] I have watched the wicked beg to live Always demanding what they never learned to give They call me savage when the guilty fall But where was mercy when they preyed upon the small? Love gives life War preserves And I decide Who still deserves [Chorus] I AM PUNISHMENT NOT JUSTICE I AM THE HAND THAT STRIKES WHEN MERCY TURNS TO WEAKNESS NO PRAYER WILL STAY MY SPEAR NO PLEA WILL MAKE ME HEAR You chose the path You chose the crime Now face the goddess At the end of time [Bridge] Then came the dragon And she did not kneel Divinity against divinity Steel against steel The others saw a goddess And trembled at my sight But she looked into my eyes And answered with a fight [Final Chorus] I AM PUNISHMENT REMEMBER MY NAME I AM THE STORM I AM THE FLAME I do not forgive I do not forget The guilty will learn What mercy cannot teach I AM PUNISHMENT NOT JUSTICE And when my spear comes down There will be no forgiveness [Outro] Mercy? Hah. Earn it.
