[Intro] One thousand gold... One thousand gold... One thousand gold... Or they come to collect. [Verse 1] I came down from the mountain With a blade in my hand, Poor boy chasing fortune In a dead king’s land. I thought I was ready, Thought I couldn’t break, Then the city showed its teeth On my first mistake. Hid inside a ruin, Monsters closing in, Found a silver amulet Whispering sin. One touch, then the world split, Purple in my eyes, Something crawled into my skull And showed me how to survive. [Pre-Chorus] It burned like a brand, It rang like a bell, It wrapped around my soul And dragged me into hell. I tried to let go, But the chain held tight. Then the monsters came close... So I fed them the night. [Chorus 1] Burn, baby, burn with the amulet on, Run, baby, run, but the chain ain’t gone. Swing that steel, let the black blade bite, Debt on my back and a voice in the night. I don’t owe, I don’t owe, I don’t owe you. I don’t know, I don’t know what I’ve turned into. One thousand gold, one cursed regret, I’ll pay what I owe in an overwhelming debt. [Verse 2] The mages came smiling With their hands full of law, Saw a fool with a relic And a profitable flaw. They wanted their treasure, Wanted power returned, But the thing would not leave me, So the lesson was learned. They put me in chains Made of ink, threat, and coin, “Pay us by the week, boy. Or we’ll break what you joined.” So I ran into darkness, Desperate for a score, Found teeth in the shadows And rats on the floor. [Pre-Chorus 2] No torch, no prayer, No way to see, Just ropes on my wrists And the dark eating me. But a man with a curse Still has something to lose. So I bit through the fear... And I paid my dues. [Chorus 2] Crawl, baby, crawl through the ratling dark, Bite, baby, bite with a borrowed spark. Swing that steel, let the black blade bite, Debt on my back and a voice in the night. I don’t owe, I don’t owe, I don’t owe you. I don’t know, I don’t know what I’ve turned into. One thousand gold, noose around my neck, I’ll crawl through the dark for an overwhelming debt. [Verse 3] There’s a tomb of a saint Where the cold prayers rot, And I still wear protection From the man that I dropped. A paladin stood there With his faith held high, So I killed what was holy Just to stay alive. Now I hide what I’ve taken, Wear the sin like steel, Silver over secrets That the gods can still feel. You can call it murder, You can call it theft, But the debt kept ticking And I had nothing left. [Pre-Chorus 3] I am not a hero, I am not clean, I’m the bad thing walking Where the good have been. Every oath I broke, Every lie I kept, Put another bloody coin... On the debt. [Chorus 3] Bleed, baby, bleed in the saint’s old stone, Steal, baby, steal what protects my bones. Swing that steel, let the black blade bite, Debt on my back and a voice in the night. I don’t owe, I don’t owe, I don’t owe you. I don’t know, I don’t know what I’ve turned into. One thousand gold, saint’s blood wet, I’ll wear what I killed for an overwhelming debt. [Bridge] I don’t care what they call me. I don’t care what I’ve done. I don’t care if the road back Burned up in the sun. Oscar smiled like a preacher With a knife in his teeth, Thought the mountain-born fool Would never see underneath. So I nodded, played simple, Let the madman speak, Took secrets from his sermon, Took power from the weak. He offered me more, And I opened my hand. You call that corruption. I call that a plan. [Breakdown] I paid in bruises. I paid in scars. I paid in saints And blackened stars. I paid in lies. I paid in screams. I paid in broken Fortune dreams. Troll blood. Hag boon. Dead king. Black moon. Debt due. Debt paid. Now look What you made. [Final Chorus] Burn, baby, burn with the amulet on, Run, baby, run, but the chain ain’t gone. Swing that steel, let the black blade bite, Debt on my back and a voice in the night. Fight, baby, fight till the kings fall dead, Lie, baby, lie till the gods turn red. One thousand gold? Count the bodies instead. I paid you in blood for an overwhelming debt. Burn, baby, burn while the black stars shine, This cursed little chain made the power mine. You sent me to bleed, now I’m hard to forget. Maybe I don’t owe you... Maybe you owe me the debt. [Outro] I came here for fortune. I found a chain. I came here a poor man. Now remember my name. If they come to collect... Let them.
