There’s a road a man can walk alone
Where the dust and the silence know his name
Every mile carved deep in bone
Every scar a quiet flame
I’ve carried storms inside my chest
Fought the nights no one could see
But every tear I’ve ever bled
Built a brighter dawn for she
If the weight of this world is mine to bear
Then let my shoulders break in two
Because the light that finds her way
Is worth every shadow I walked through
My pain is her freedom
Every chain I drag behind
My pain is her freedom
Every wound a sacrifice
Her freedom is my glory
Like the sunrise after war
Her freedom is my glory
She’ll never know what for
But if the cost of her tomorrow
Is the darkness that I’ve known
Then this burden is my honor
And I will gladly call it home
There are ghosts that walk beside me still
Voices echo through the years
Memories that time can’t kill
And prayers whispered through my fears
But if my battles cleared the way
For her laughter in the sun
Then every war I’ve ever faced
Was a victory already won
Let the thunder roll through my veins tonight
Let the scars remind me true
That the life she gets to live in peace
Was a promise I made to you
My pain is her freedom
Every chain I drag behind
My pain is her freedom
Every wound a sacrifice
Her freedom is my glory
Like a flag against the sky
Her freedom is my glory
A reason I survived
And if the price of her tomorrow
Is the hell that I have known
Then this burden is my honor
And I will carry it alone
My pain is her freedom
Let the whole world understand
My pain is her freedom
That was always the plan
Her freedom is my glory
The proudest truth I know
Her freedom is my glory
The only crown I’ll ever hold
And if the weight of love is suffering
Then I accept the role I’m shown
Because this sacrifice is sacred
And this honor… is my own.
RareKnight539
