Prides Redemption


He carried the load where the strong ones break
Shoulders like concrete, eyes wide awake
Everybody leaned hard when the pressure hit
But nobody noticed the cracks in the grit
A heart built for war, built to shield the weak
Burning to fix what the world wouldn’t keep 
He swore he’d save them, swore he’d make it right
One man against the tide in the dead of night 
Temptation crawled in, wrapped around his throat
Pride said “Take it all, you’re the only hope”
He reached for the power that promised the win
Felt it twist like a blade beneath his skin
He was only human, flesh and fire and bone
Fell hard in the dark, but he never fell alone 
In the heat of the clash he swung the wrong way
Struck at the ones who still stood in his way
Eyes gone blind with the lie of control
A warrior’s soul turned thief in his own role
The mirror cracked open, showed the ugly truth
He’d traded the light for a shortcut to youth 
No more excuses, no more throne to claim
The storm closed in and called out his name
He turned from the easy road, turned from the lie
Pushed them forward while the bullets flew high
Took every blow meant for the few he’d guard
Blood on the ground, but his back stayed hard 
Temptation died there in the blood and the rain
Pride hit the dirt and never rose again
He stood like a wall till his last breath gave
Protected the rest so the rest could be saved
The overlooked man, the one they walked past
Found his redemption in that final blast Yeah… he fell
But he rose where it counted most
One last stand
One human ghost
Redemption… redemption…