Troy: The Steel VERSE 1 I was eleven when the timber snapped and the Grizzly came through I stepped in the middle because it was the only thing to do Four hundred pounds of muscle lunging for a girl in pink I didn't have a second and I didn't have time to think The claws tore my forehead and it hurt like absolute hell I felt the fire in my skin and the place where the blood fell I swallowed every scream I held the knife and I stood my ground Until the beast turned tail and there wasn't a human sound I gave a fake name through the haze and the stinging red I just wanted to survive and get the girl out of my head VERSE 2 But the hero's reward was a slow motion execution at home Watching the medical debt turn my father s heart into stone He worked three shifts until he collapsed on a concrete floor While the debt collectors kept on knocking at our door My mother died of sickness and the weight of the unpaid bills Leaving me an orphan in the shadow of the Bitterroot hills My relatives were hypocrites they tossed me like a piece of trash No one showed me love they only cared about the cash They wore their fake masks and they spoke of family pride While I was starving in the dark with nowhere left to hide VERSE 3 I ran back to the mountain at thirteen years old and alone To the only mother and the only life I have ever known I found the Grizzly bear again the one I nearly had to kill But he saw the man in me and we stood together on the hill A brotherhood was born between the animal and the boy A kinship of the wild that the city can never destroy The bear family is suffering they are pushed into the high snow Because the urbanization machine has nowhere else to go I love the timber and I love the beast more than any man Because they are the only ones who don't have a lying plan CHORUS I am the Steel with a fire burning deep in the core Forged in the misfortune and the wreckage of the war You see the predator you see the three pronged scar But you do not see the human who has traveled so far I am the king of the outcasts I am the master of the pack And I am fighting for the mountain and I m never looking back VERSE 4 I walk through the Academy and I see the elite lies I see the fake humanity reflected in your eyes Sora looks at me with pity she thinks I am a pet to tame But she doesn't know the heart that is hidden in my name I am skeptical of your grace I am skeptical of your light Everything in the city is a transaction in the night I am here for the fifty thousand to save my brother s home To keep the forest green and keep the timber out of chrome My faith is in the mountain and the way the forest breathes Away from the hypocrites and away from the urban thieves BRIDGE Underneath the cold steel is a fire fierce and protective My mission is the truth and the mountain is my perspective I feel the pain of the past but I swallow it to stay strong Because I am the only shield where my brother bears belong My love is not a fairy tale it is a protective flame It is a heavy weight to carry when the world forgets your name I will protect the weak and I will unveil every mask Saving the Bitterroot timber is my only sacred task FINAL CHORUS I am the Steel with a fire burning deep in the core Forged in the misfortune and the wreckage of the war You see the predator you see the three pronged scar But you do not see the human who has traveled so far I am the king of the outcasts I am the master of the pack And I am fighting for the mountain and I'm never looking back OUTRO The mountain is my faith. The bear is my brother. I am the Steel. I don't need your pity. I m just taking back what s mine. END
