(Intro – low growl / whisper)
Yeah…
You…
I’ve taken kings, soldiers, monsters…
But you’re the one soul that refuses my hand.
(Verse 1 – rap with grit)
I trailed you through the dust where the sun never rose,
A shadow at your heels, waiting for the moment you’d close.
Every man falters when I drift near —
But you stood calm… like you’ve faced worse than fear.
Years in the line, boots sinking into foreign earth,
Warzones blurred together — death circling your worth.
Jungles, deserts, mountains soaked in red,
Places where even the living walked like the dead.
I reached for you there, in the thunder and flame,
But you carved your path out and slipped my claim.
(Pre-Chorus – gritty melodic)
Every scar on your body…
Is a doorway I tried to enter —
But you slammed each one shut.
(Chorus – heavy & anthemic)
You.
(YOU!)
Forged in battles even I don’t count.
Your soul —
(SOUL!)
Burns like a pyre I can’t snuff out.
I waited, patient, silent, steady —
But your heartbeat stays violent and ready.
The world bends when my shadows come…
But you’re the only one who makes the darkness run.
(Verse 2 – rap-metal punch)
I saw you as a child, thought your spirit would break,
Thought pain would hollow you with every blow you’d take.
But you stood back up with a defiant spark,
A fire bright enough to blind the dark.
I followed your years — the chaos, the fights,
The violence, the silence, the sleepless nights.
You rose from trauma that should’ve chained you down,
Yet you walked through hell and stole its crown.
And the pride you carry? Even I can’t shake —
A father guarding futures I cannot take.
Your daughter’s light grows stronger each year…
A flame too fierce for a reaper to near.
(Pre-Chorus – melodic)
All the fire you lived through
Should’ve delivered you to me…
But your spirit said otherwise.
(Chorus – heavier)
You.
(YOU!)
Every battle tried to drag you in.
Still alive —
(ALIVE!)
Even with death whispering against your skin.
You carved your strength from a graveyard’s stone,
Turned nightmares into a throne you own.
And every time I reach — you push me away,
As if death itself has no final say.
(Bridge – whisper → scream)
(whisper)
So many wars…
So many ghosts…
I waited in every cloud of smoke…
(building)
But none could claim you — none could break you —
(FULL SCREAM)
NOT EVEN I COULD DRAG YOUR SOUL FROM THIS ROAD!
(Final Chorus – layered, powerful)
You.
(YOU!)
Your heartbeat cuts through the silence I command.
No tremble —
(NO TREMBLE!)
Even with my cold hand inches from your neck.
You rose up stronger than fate intended,
A soul even death itself defended.
And the truth that haunts me when the night is done —
You’re the only mortal I have never won.
(Outro – low, echoing)
You…
I came to claim you…
But you walked past me untouched.
And I had to let you live.
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