[Intro – tense dark atmospheric pads and low strings, heavy reverb] Verse 1 [Ominous undead male voice, deep and resonant, cold with restrained fury] You stand before me still wearing the face I used to trust The same smile that once meant safety now covered in rust I see the golden chains they gave you wrapped around your soul The price you took to trade your brother for a higher role You called the parley. You drove the blade. You watched me bleed And still you look at me like I’m the monster you decreed I feel the cold where my heart used to beat beneath my chest And every memory of us turns to ash inside my fist Chorus [Ominous undead male voice, raw and heavy with layered echoes] Face the traitor who was once my closest friend Face the smile that hid the blade until the very end I died with your name still warm inside my dying breath Now I live with nothing left but the cold you gave me instead Verse 2 [Ominous undead male voice, colder and more personal] You spoke of mercy while you sold my people to the Light You watched them burn the groves and said it was for what was right I gave you every chance to turn before the final night But you chose the golden throne and left our brotherhood to die Now here we stand where everything we built has turned to dust The king you murdered and the priest who learned to love the rust Tell me, brother — was the power worth the blood you spilled? Or does the quiet haunt you still when all the hymns are stilled? Chorus [Ominous undead male voice, raw and heavy with layered echoes] Face the traitor who was once my closest friend Face the smile that hid the blade until the very end I died with your name still warm inside my dying breath Now I live with nothing left but the cold you gave me instead Bridge [Ominous undead male voice, quieter and more intimate with faint echoing memories] I still remember how we laughed before the crowns and lies Before the Light convinced you that our bond was worth the price I forgave the hand that killed me on the stone that night But I cannot forgive the man who smiled while taking my life Final Chorus [Ominous undead male voice, powerful and final with full dark swells] Face the traitor… now look what you have made Face the shadow of the brother that your choices laid I died with mercy in my heart and rose without the same Now face the traitor… And know that I remain [Outro – fading dark pads with a single cold undead whisper] I remain.
