[Intro – Glass Cracking + Low Drone]
Reflection detected.
Identity unstable.
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[Verse 1 – Crusader Voice]
I see you moving when I don’t blink
Same scar pattern — same edge of the brink
You smile when I clench my jaw
You step when I hesitate at war
Are you a curse? Are you decay?
Are you the thing that makes me stray?
Every doubt that I suppress
Echoes louder in your chest
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[Pre-Chorus – Demon Voice Creeping In]
You call me shadow
You call me sin
But I’ve been here
Since you began
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[Chorus I – Dual Vocal Hook]
[Crusader]
You’re the fracture in my design
The voice that tells me cross the line
[Demon]
I’m the instinct that keeps you alive
The reason you fight — not just survive
[Both]
When the ashes fall —
I rise.
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[Verse 2 – Verbal Combat, Back-and-Forth]
[Crusader]
You feed on rage.
[Demon]
You swing because of it.
[Crusader]
You twist my thoughts.
[Demon]
I sharpen your grip.
[Crusader]
You want control.
[Demon]
I want you breathing.
[Crusader]
You’re not salvation.
[Demon]
I’m the reason you’re still believing.
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[Pre-Chorus II – Psychological Chess]
[Crusader]
If I erase you — am I clean?
[Demon]
If you erase me — you’re weak.
[Crusader]
You push me toward the edge of collapse.
[Demon]
I pull you back when heaven snaps.
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[Chorus II – Heavier, More Aggressive]
[Crusader]
You’re the hunger behind my crown
The reason I don’t back down
[Demon]
You’re the mask I choose to wear
So fear can’t smell despair
[Both]
We burn.
We divide.
When the ashes fall —
I rise.
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[BREAKDOWN – Full Confrontation]
[Crusader scream]
I DON’T NEED YOU.
[Demon growl]
YOU DO.
[Crusader]
I’M STRONGER ALONE.
[Demon]
THEN WHY AM I YOU?
[Silence drop]
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[Bridge – The Reveal – Calm, Low Strings]
(Demon – calm, almost human)
I was there when the chapel fell.
When the brand burned.
When no angel answered.
I am not your corruption.
I am your adaptation.
I am the part that refused to die.
(Crusader, quiet)
…You kept me alive.
[Demon]
Yes.
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[Final Chorus III – Unified Power]
No more mirror.
No divide.
Shadow and flame
Side by side.
Not possession —
Not disguise.
Integration in our eyes.
We don’t kneel.
We don’t disguise.
When the ashes fall —
I rise.
When the ashes fall —
we rise.
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