Drawn for Blood

[Verse 1]
Atherme of destiny
Sleeping in leather at my side
Cold spine against my ribs
Like it’s waiting for my lie
Every step a quiet pact
Steel humming in my bones
Hear it breathing in the dark
Calling kingdoms from their thrones
[Chorus]
Strapped to my side, drawn for blood
I raise you up, I curse this love
If I have to fall, I’ll pay the price
I’ll sacrifice my heart to your bite
Strapped to my side, drawn for blood
Cut my name into the flood
If I have to burn, I’ll feed the spark
I’ll sacrifice my heart, tear it apart
[Verse 2]
Faces in the iron shine
Ghosts that wear my older skin
Every wound a crooked crown
Every sin an eager grin
You whisper “choose, or vanish slow”
Blade against my shaking palm
I press down to feel you drink
Find a strange, unraveling calm
[Chorus]
Strapped to my side, drawn for blood
I raise you up, I curse this love
If I have to fall, I’ll pay the price
I’ll sacrifice my heart to your bite
Strapped to my side, drawn for blood
Cut my name into the flood
If I have to burn, I’ll feed the spark
I’ll sacrifice my heart, tear it apart
[Bridge]
(yeah)
If destiny’s a chain, then drag me
If mercy is a lie, then stab me
I’m nothing but the hand you needed
You’re nothing but the oath I pleaded
[Chorus]
Strapped to my side, drawn for blood
I raise you up, I curse this love
If I have to fall, I’ll pay the price
I’ll sacrifice my heart to your bite
Strapped to my side, drawn for blood
Cut my name into the flood
If I have to burn, I’ll feed the spark
I’ll sacrifice my heart
Tear it apart (apart)

metal, Crushing nu metal guitars over brooding dark-ambient pads, slow half-time groove that erupts in choruses; male gothic vocals moving from cold baritone whispers to tortured layered screams, with distant choirs and metallic FX swells thickening the atmosphere., nu metal, ambient, dark ambient