[verse 1] Blueprints curled in restless hands, I measured winds across the land. But every flight stayed stuck in sand, And purpose slipped like broken plans. Goggles fogged with mountain rain, I chased the sky that never came. Wings of steel I built in vain, While Snowdon waited for a name. [Pre-Chorus] They laughed at the boy with empty hands, No fire, no scales, no grand commands. I stayed when the crowd turned away, Chose the forge instead of the plane. [Chorus 1] Is purpose the cage or the key? I laid my horizon at his feet. A life I never planned still breathes, did I trade my soul for the furnace heat? [Verse 2] Caves of iron, gears that sing, Apprentice to a fractured king. My country’s blood is in the spring, I oil the myth with everything. The wrench still feels like borrowed weight, These boots were never meant for fate. I hear the engines scream too late Was this the path I should have made? [Pre-Chorus] Dreams of flight still haunt the night, But belonging burns a colder light. I gave the sky I used to own, To keep a dragon from the stone. [Chorus 2] Is purpose the cage or the key? I laid my horizon at his feet. A life I never planned still breathes, Yet something in me starts to heat. [breakdown, Violin solo] [Bridge] (What I wanted) What I wanted fell like ash, (What I needed) What I needed rose from the crash. (What remains) What remains is louder still A heart that beats because it will. [Chorus 3] This purpose is the fire, not the chain, I laid my horizon and claimed the flame. A life I never planned still remains, And now I stand inside its name. [Final Chorus / Outro] This purpose is the fire, not the chain, I laid my horizon and claimed the flame. A choice I make in pride, I will remain Until the mountain knows my name.
