I was born where the sand remembers names Where the sun was a promise, not a flame I served no crown, I bowed to no throne Only old laws carved into bone I stood between the weak and the blade Believed the world could still be weighed In hands of men, in truth, in breath Before I learned the cost of death ... Then fire spoke with a borrowed voice And blood fell where prayers once stood I called the gods by every name And silence was all I understood ... The gods were silent The sky did not bend The light stepped back So I remained I did not ask I did not flee When hope died first I remained ... Now I walk where mercy ends Where every step is paid in sins I do not dream, I do not sleep The dead are promises I keep My hands are steady, my heart is still I no longer ask what fate or will The world does not need a saving hand It needs someone who understands ... The gods were silent So I became the sound I stand in the dark Where no light is found I am not chosen I am not free If this world needs a shadow Then let it be me ... I did not defeat the darkness tonight I did not bring back the light I only learned where I belong I walk on And the dark walks with me
