Verse 1 [Male rap voice, gritty and urgent over dark atmospheric pads] Golden seals keep sliding under every door we bar The Dominion calls it salvation while they’re setting fires in the dark I keep her braid inside my fist until the strands turn black with ash And every night the same question — how long can a king last They smile with holy teeth and say the price of peace is small But every orphan in the streets is screaming through these walls I feel their eyes like iron pressing on my chest and spine One word and everything I swore to guard is on the line Chorus [Melodic male vocal, raw and powerful over dark EDM drop with heavy 808s] This weight was never mine to carry on my own But every face turned up is carving it in stone The fire says get up, the ice says count the cost I plant my feet right here because they’ve already lost I speak because the silence would be louder than the grave This is the burden of the first stand I’m brave enough to take Verse 2 [Male rap voice, gritty and urgent, building intensity] I climb those ancient steps while the whole kingdom holds its breath My hands are steady but the tremor’s hiding underneath The edict glows behind my eyes — convert or watch them burn I tell them Veynara bows to nothing dressed in gold and learned The roar that answers shakes the dust from every broken creed But I can feel tomorrow cracking open at my feet Some will sing me hero, some will spit my name like sin I just know the second I said no, the weight sank deeper in Chorus [Melodic male vocal, raw and powerful over dark EDM drop with heavy 808s] This weight was never mine to carry on my own But every face turned up is carving it in stone The fire says get up, the ice says count the cost I plant my feet right here because they’ve already lost I speak because the silence would be louder than the grave This is the burden of the first stand I’m brave enough to take Bridge [Atmospheric male vocal with Switch to Female vocal layers, ethereal and haunting over atmospheric breakdown] When the cheers fade into night and the torches all burn low I feel the crown press harder than it ever did before But in the quiet something older than the light begins to wake Whispering the dead will rise if I refuse to break Final Chorus [Melodic male vocal, bigger layered drop, raw and anthemic] This weight was never mine to carry on my own But every face turned up is carving it in stone The fire says get up, the ice says count the cost I plant my feet right here because they’ve already lost I speak because the silence would be louder than the grave This is the burden of the first stand — and I won’t look away
