NEVER AGAIN

“…this is officer Kennedy…”

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First night on the job, city already dead

Pulled into hell with a gun and a badge

Sirens screaming but the streets went cold

Every shadow moving, every story untold

Blood on the pavement, bodies won’t stay down

Every corner turning to a burial ground

I was just a kid with a badge and a name

Now I’m staring death in the face of the flame

Lost too many before I understood

This world don’t care if your heart is good

And when the fire swallowed Raccoon whole

It carved that night deep into my soul

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Never again will I freeze in fear

Even when the end feels near

Every life I couldn’t save still calls my name

Now I walk through hell — I embrace the flame

Never again will I hesitate

Even if it seals my fate

From the ashes of the past I ascend

I swore to myself — never again

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Now I move different, government weaponized

Cold in the eyes with a war in my mind

Parasite crawling, I seen what it does

Turning whole villages into bloodlust

Running through cults with the trigger on edge

Every mission walking closer to death

Las Plagas twisting through the human brain

Every scream echoing permanent pain

I don’t break now, I don’t feel the same

Every scar turned into something insane

They made me a weapon, sharpened by war

Now I’m the thing that they can’t ignore

Pull the trigger when the nightmare grows

No more fear — I already know

What it costs when you hesitate once

Now I make sure I don’t miss my shot

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Never again will I freeze in fear

Even when the end feels near

Every life I couldn’t save still calls my name

Now I walk through hell — I embrace the flame

Never again will I hesitate

Even if it seals my fate

From the ashes of the past I ascend

I swore to myself — never again

World still burning but I’m still here

Walking through the ruins year by year

Every war left a mark in my chest

But I carry them all — I don’t rest

Saw her standing through the smoke and flame

Proof that not everything was lost to the pain

Grace in the fire but she made it through

A reason to fight… something real, something true

After all the blood and the lives I’ve seen

All the nightmares buried in between

I finally know what I’m fighting for

Not just survival — something more

I’m not the rookie that walked in blind

I’m the last one standing in the end of time

And if the darkness comes back again

I’ll be there… but not alone in the end

Never again will I lose control

Even with the weight on my soul

Every scar turned into strength I defend

Now I face the dark — I won’t bend

Never again will I run away

Even if I die in the fray

Through the fire, through the blood, through the end

I swore to myself — never again