Ashes Beneath Steel

Produced & Written by LucianVex © 2026 All rights reserved. [INTRO] They never teach knights how to disappear Only how to stand still while dying inside [VERSE 1] She was born where chandeliers learn to bleed gold A name too heavy for a girl to hold I was forged in silence, iron and vows A man made of “don’t feel” and “don’t bow” She called me once—like it meant nothing But my whole war stopped for that one thing Her eyes didn’t look… they unmade Every wall I built, every role I played I should’ve been stone, I should’ve been cold But something in me started to unfold And that was the curse no one names aloud When a knight starts dreaming beyond his vow [PRE-CHORUS] I learned too late Love is a court with no mercy seat And I was never allowed To speak in that language [CHORUS] I loved her like a forbidden prayer Whispered once and dissolved in air She was a crown I could never touch And I wanted her too much Now I stand where my silence grows Watching her life become someone else’s home And I’m still here… still breaking slow In a war no one else will know [VERSE 2] Time turned pages in burning ink Every step I took made me sink She became a myth in silk and light While I stayed real… and out of sight Then came the banners from distant blood Another kingdom, another love They spoke her future like it was law While I learned what “loss” really was No sword can cut what’s already fate No courage rewrites what crowns create I was just the shadow standing near When destiny learned how to steer [PRE-CHORUS] She said my name like a final thread Then turned away before it bled And I nodded like I understood While my soul quietly stopped for good [CHORUS] I loved her like a forbidden prayer Whispered once and dissolved in air She was a crown I could never touch And I wanted her too much Now I stand where my silence grows Watching her life become someone else’s home And I’m still here… still breaking slow In a war no one else will know [BRIDGE] White fire in the cathedral hall Her steps like judgment over all Another prince, another name A perfectly legal kind of flame She smiled like she finally fit Like the universe agreed with it And I—just armor and undone skin A ghost pretending I could win Our eyes collided—brief, cruel, clean Like a wound no one else has seen In that second I didn’t breathe I just learned what forever means… to leave [FINAL CHORUS] I loved her like a forbidden prayer Now it rots somewhere in the air She became a throne, a sealed-off truth While I became the proof That some loves don’t end, they decay Inside the body they never leave And I am still there to this day At a wedding no one believes [OUTRO] They celebrate her crown, her name, her rise… But they never write about what survives inside... silence