Steel and Seraphim

[Verse 1]
Woke up choking on starlight
Bare earth under my head
Bald scalp cold in the dawn wind
Leather creaking
Stitched in red
Left hand’s skin and old scars
Right arm ringing when it flexed
Runes along the metal fingers
Glowing words I couldn’t read yet
[Chorus]
They said
“Welcome to Eden
Stranger
You died once
Now stand again
Steel and seraphim
Blood and prayers
You were forged to face the end”
Raise that iron arm to the altar
Take the oath
And take this brand
In the books you’re just a number
In the hunt
You’re our last stand
[Verse 2]
Hall of banners
Beasts in ink
Eyes that followed as I passed
Candle smoke and old salt maps
Claws and fangs in dusty glass
Old knight tracing circles
On the plates around my wrist
Said
“The realm picked you on purpose
Every ghost comes back like this”
[Chorus]
They said
“Welcome to Eden
Stranger
You died once
Now stand again
Steel and seraphim
Blood and prayers
You were forged to face the end”
Raise that iron arm to the altar
Take the oath
And take this brand
In the books you’re just a number
In the hunt
You’re our last stand
[Bridge]
Swore on monsters I remembered
Swore on faces I’d forgot
On the life that cracked and vanished
On the second chance I got (oh)
Leather tight across my shoulders
Metal humming like a hymn
When the doors blew wide at sunset
And the wild things poured back in
[Chorus]
They screamed
“Run or join
You choose it
This is where your story bends”
I stepped forward into thunder
Said
“I hunt till breathing ends”
“Welcome to Eden
I am
Blade and shield at your command”
With a bald head bowed in firelight
And a steel arm raised
I joined The Order’s stand

folk, Epic folk-rock ballad with male vocals; fingerpicked acoustic guitar and airy pads in the verses, then step into a wide, driving chorus with tom-heavy drums and low choirs; metallic percussion accents echo the armored arm; final chorus lifts with soaring harmonies and a bowed-string countermelody, metal