[Intro]
[spoken, low male]
You really thought
that was my limit?
[Verse 1]
[male rap]
Woke up at the bottom of the raid list
Blood on my shoes, yeah, they call me the "stay kid"
Scrub in the lobby, potions in my backpack
Praying I don't die when the gate snaps back
Knees on the floor in that stone hall
God-statue grin, watch the weak ones fall
Read the rules late, but I still stood tall
If fear is a chain, then I broke it all
Heart going crazy, timer on red
Everyone running, I’m standing instead
When the doors close, when there’s nowhere to go
Only one way left
(level up my soul)
[Chorus]
[male + female hook]
From the dust, from the blood, I rise up (rise up)
Turn the pain, turn the hate into power I trust
If the world wanna drown me in dungeons and chains
I’ll tear it wide open, carve my name in the flames
Shadow Monarch, say my name
Let the darkness know I came
If the sky falls, I don’t break, I climb
Every wound on my body is another new rank in my mind
[Verse 2]
[female rap]
Started as the healer in the back line
Hands shaking every time I crossed that white line
Now I’m front row, blade to the jawline
Boss on the floor, that’s my new skyline
You see the fear in their chat when we log in
Talk big, but they fold when the fog hits
I’ve seen friends laid out, heart gone silent
Swore from that day I would come back violent
You think this is rage, but it’s discipline
Every scar on my arm is a difference
Between who I was and who I am now
I don’t pray for a way
I just level the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
[female vocal, melodic]
They left me to die in the rubble
Said I was weak, said I was trouble
Now when the gate starts to shake and rumble
They whisper one name, and the bravest crumble
[Chorus]
[male + female hook]
From the dust, from the blood, I rise up (rise up)
Turn the pain, turn the hate into power I trust
If the world wanna drown me in dungeons and chains
I’ll tear it wide open, carve my name in the flames
Shadow Monarch, say my name
Let the darkness know I came
If the sky falls, I don’t break, I climb
Every wound on my body is another new rank in my mind
[Bridge]
[male + female call & response]
[male] Who stands with me when it’s all black?
[female] I call the ones that never talk back
[male] From the corners where the light can’t track
[female] They march like a storm at my back (my back)
[male] I was nothing but a joke to you
[female] Now every guild feels the pressure too
[both] When the gate screams open, who you running to?
Step aside, make way
I’m coming through
[Chorus]
[male + female, final]
From the dust, from the blood, I rise up (rise up)
Turn the pain, turn the hate into power I trust
If the world wanna drown me in dungeons and chains
I’ll tear it wide open, carve my name in the flames
Shadow Monarch, say my name
Let the darkness know I came
If the sky falls, I don’t break, I climb
Every wound on my body is another new rank in my mind
[both, shouted]
Shadow Monarch
I decide
Who walks out
And who stays inside