[Verse 1 – The Father] I knew a man with iron hands, Splintered bones and wedding bands. He broke his back to feed the cold, Sold his youth before it grew old. Every scar became a promise, Every promise turned to debt. He fought wolves dressed as gentlemen, Lost every wager, every bet. His children slept with empty dreams, His wife learned silence far too well. He stood between them and the storm, Till he became the storm itself. One winter night he dropped his sword, No prayer left beneath his breath. He whispered softly through the dark, "I'm done bargaining with death." [Chorus] Three candles burning in the rain, Three hearts swallowed by the pain. No angels came, no kingdom shone, Just quiet roads to walk alone. How long can broken spirits bend, Before they simply choose to end? Some wars are lost before they're named... Sometimes mercy dulls the flame. [Verse 2 – The Woman] She wore the face the world adored, The kind that started holy wars. Every smile became a price, Every touch another scar. They crowned her queen beneath the sheets, Then cursed her name beneath the sun. Called her poison, called her sin, Though she was everyone's undone. Hands reached first, then threw the stone, Judges hiding filthy souls. She learned that beauty buys no grace, Only emptiness in gold. One night she washed away the paint, Stared at someone she'd outgrown. No tears remained to carry shame... Just a stranger coming home. [Chorus] Three candles burning in the rain, Three hearts swallowed by the pain. No angels came, no kingdom shone, Just quiet roads to walk alone. How long can broken spirits bend, Before they simply choose to end? Some wars are lost before they're named... Sometimes mercy dulls the flame. [Verse 3 – Mine] Now hear the only tale I own... I wasn't broken—I was wrong. There was a darkness in my blood Long before I learned its song. I fed my anger like a king, Let bitterness become my skin. Every kindness died unheard, Every mirror showed my sin. I feared the man I'd soon become, Another beast the world would breed. Another mouth that taught despair, Another wound that chose to bleed. So I laid my hatred on the ground, Watched its embers lose their name. Not because the world forgave... Because I chose to dull the flame. [Bridge] The father sleeps where burdens cease. The woman walks beyond their blame. I leave behind the part of me That only ever fed the pain. If darkness lives inside us all, Perhaps the bravest thing we'll do Is silence what would hurt the world... Before it speaks through me and you. [Final Chorus] Three candles faded with the dawn, Three stories carried, then withdrawn. No heroes carved in marble stone, Just weary souls who journeyed on. The earth remembers every name That vanished without wealth or fame. And if tomorrow calls for me... Let what's left remember this— I would rather leave as ash and quiet Than become another flame.
