End Game

[Verse 1]
Black and white battlefield
Pieces cracked
Scattered glass on the board
You advance like a cornered king
Every step loud as a sword
Rooks are just ruins now
Knights asleep in the dust where they fell
Queens burned out long ago
Only you left with the stories you tell
[Chorus]
Endgame heart
Show me the line
When my head says “fold” but my pulse says “fight”
One pawn
One crown
Under fire
Under sky
If there’s no way out
Then teach me how to rise
Endgame heart
Be my only guide
[Verse 2]
You look down that crowded file
All those ghosts staring back from the squares
Every move feels like thin ice
Every breath tastes of metal and prayers
But that small piece stands by your side
Tiny shield in a hurricane storm
You’ve lost almost everything
Yet somehow you feel more than before
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
When logic just loops
When every road breaks
When strategy stutters
And courage shakes
[low vocal register] That’s when it happens
In the quiet between
A beat in your chest
Draws an arrow unseen
[Chorus]

Moody alternative ballad over sparse piano and warm bass, male vocals. First verse stays close and intimate, supp drums