“TEN YEARS FOR ONE DAY”

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[VERSE 1 — low, prophetic]

They say the devils wrote his name
In a ledger carved of bone,
Where the souls of broken titans
Crawl and bleed alone.
But he walked into the fire
With no chains upon his feet—
For a glimpse of heaven’s daughter
And the mercy in her heartbeat.

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[VERSE 2 — rising]

Ten years for one day—
That was the bargain that they gave.
Ten years in hell’s dominion
For one heartbeat he could save.
And he signed it with his blood,
Knowing well the heavy cost—
But a monster will brave any pit
For the love he thought he’d lost.

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[CHORUS — powerful, tragic]

Ten years for one day—
And he never looked away.
He’d burn a thousand lifetimes more
For the warmth of yesterday.
Cursed by his devotion,
Bound by what he chose to pay—
Ten years for one day…
And the price still burns today.

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[VERSE 3 — darker]

The angels warned he’d suffer,
That the devils wouldn’t yield—
But his heart was made for battle,
And his voice—his only shield.
He held her hand for sunrise,
And he stayed until moonfall—
Then hell claws tore him downward
And he didn’t fight at all.

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[VERSE 4 — heavy, deep]

For one day she saw the monster
Without fear inside her eyes;
For one day he knew the meaning
Of a world without disguise.
But the deal was writ in fire,
In a tongue no god forgives—
One day of heaven’s blessing
For the hell in which he lives.

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[CHORUS — louder, desperate beauty]

Ten years for one day—
And he never turned away.
Let the torment take his body,
It could never make him sway.
His soul already chosen,
His fate already weighed—
Ten years for one day…
And he’d pay it all again.

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[BRIDGE — whispered like a confession]

They say he doesn’t cry,
They say monsters never weep—
But hell remembers differently
When he sings himself to sleep.
For his curse was freely taken,
And his chains are self-imposed—
The only prison strong enough
Is the one he never closed.

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[VERSE 5 — furious, resolute]

Now the demons call him traitor,
And the angels call him damned—
But he walks between their kingdoms
With a fire none can withstand.
For a love too brief to measure,
For a day too short to stay—
He gave an eternity willingly,
And they still don’t understand the way—

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[FINAL CHORUS — triumphant sorrow]

Ten years for one day—
That is the oath he chose to pay.
Let the flames devour his footsteps,
Let the gods turn him away.
For her laughter, for her heartbeat,
For a single soft “okay”—
Ten years for one day…
And he’d trade his soul the same.

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[OUTRO — quiet, inevitable]

One day in heaven’s arms…
A lifetime in hell’s scars…
Such is the curse he carries—
And the love that made him choose.

dark epic ballad × Hell-hymn × tragic love song

(The Curse of Bazerak — Original Ballad)