
The Ashborne Gospel
Death is not the end I fight again today No matter how many times I fall With an immortal soul, I rise Searching for the feeling of being alive I’m thrown into a dark abyss That’s where the story begins I grip a broken sword in my hands And look around There’s no such thing as hope A world drowned in ash-gray light I don’t even know who I am I can’t remember my own face Broken undead wander the land A sight beyond belief And yet I accept it As if it’s already part of me I have no memory But my body remembers how to fight I pick up a sword from the ground And cut down the approaching dead I had no idea What kind of despair was waiting The battle has begun A warrior clad in heavy armor stands before me A sense of fate burns in my chest My legs freeze in fear Shield raised, I close the distance I cannot end here Not knowing who I am Facing my enemy My blood awakens like fire Clashing steel echoes With every exchange Reality begins to fracture I slowly drain his life away I don’t know why I’m fighting But I keep swinging mindlessly Then a fatal strike lands My vision collapses Is this the end I fall forward And my consciousness fades into darkness I wake up seated before a bonfire Was I supposed to be dead Or was it all a dream Time feels broken The undead I had defeated Are walking again So I fight him once more Fine… I will The battle begins again I already know your moves In the moment our blades collide The world goes silent And yet… my enemy collapses It cannot end here Not knowing who I am I taste victory My blood is alive Something changes in the silence Time stops breathing The world above the fire dissolves Your soul flows into mine And I can still fight But I am no longer alone I follow a presence beyond reality Beyond blood Beyond war There… a goddess stands Wrapped in impossible light The world forgets to exist And I finally understand Why I was never allowed to end I want to protect her From this world drowned in ash No matter what enemies await No matter how many times I die Silence falls for a moment And I choose to move forward This blade is my vow I swear on this sword Praise the sun

