Forgedwaves - Anthem of the Malac Forest (QuantumThrashCode Recode)

[INTRO ] You built upward We stayed rooted [VERSE 1 ] Hands in the soil, knuckles split Learned restraint where you learned speed You called silence weakness We called it listening Watched progress eat its kin Watched the roots get paved thin Every shortcut leaves a footprint Every future bleeds back in [PRE-CHORUS ] We don’t hunt, we wait We don’t roar, we weigh Every line you cross Is a debt you’ll have to pay [CHORUS ] We don’t kneel to the storm We decide when it breaks We don’t chase your fire We control its shape If the ground starts to split It won’t be by mistake We’re not gods or beasts We’re the keepers And we stay [INTERLUDE] Steel hums Roots listen [VERSE 2 ] I’ve watched cycles turn to ash Watched steel outrun its sense Wolves don’t fear your metal sound Roots don’t flinch at consequence You mistake restraint for mercy You mistake mercy for blind Protection isn’t violence It’s the discipline to draw the line [PRE-CHORUS 2 ] We don’t swing unless it’s needed We don’t warn unless it’s true Balance isn’t passive It’s a pressure bearing through [CHORUS ] We don’t kneel to the storm We decide when it breaks We don’t chase your fire We control its shape If invention forgets instinct We remind it of the weight We’re not relics of the past We’re the keepers And we stay [BREAKDOWN ] You hear power We hear timing You hear growth We hear limits Step forward Or fracture alone [FINAL CHORUS ] We don’t kneel to the storm We outlast its rage You don’t break the wild You inherit the weight If the future splits in two Let it break where truth remains Not enemies of tomorrow We’re the keepers And we stay [OUTRO ] You built the city loud We kept the world intact