Intro – 10s, night wind, distant hum] (A symbol glows on Isaiah’s chest.) Villain (low, amused): Careful wearing that. It gets people killed. Isaiah (steady): That’s why I’m wearing it. ⸻ [Verse 1 – Villain | 30s] You look taller in borrowed legend, Funny how grief makes boys pretendin’, I erased him clean, right on cue, Now the city’s scared of you. Symbols crack when the man is gone, They burn bright, then they’re moved on, You think cloth and memory can fight? I own the night— You’re just light. Isaiah (spoken): Light’s enough to ruin your sleep. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – back & forth | 12s] Villain: He trusted the wrong hands. Isaiah: You fear the right ones. Villain: He died believing. Isaiah: He lived teaching. ⸻ [Chorus – Clash | 25s] Villain: Take it off—before it breaks you too. Isaiah: I put it on so I don’t lose the truth. Villain: Hope makes promises it can’t keep. Isaiah: Fear keeps prisons it can’t leave. Both: Say his name, feel the ground respond— Legends don’t end, They move on. ⸻ [Verse 2 – Isaiah | 30s] He told me strength is staying kind, When rage is loud and patience hides, He told me don’t become the night, Even when you win the fight. You think I’m wearing who he was— I’m wearing why he stood for us, Every scar he left behind Taught me how to draw the line. Villain (quiet laugh): You’re trying to replace him. Isaiah: No. I’m continuing him. ⸻ [Bridge – Villain circles | 15s] Villain: Then step closer—let me see. Does it weigh you down? Or set you free? Isaiah: It reminds me what you can’t take— Choice. ⸻ [Verse 3 – Villain (taunting) | 25s] I ended gods, I buried names, Watched cities cheer, then cheer again, Time forgets— It always does, I’ll wait you out like dust and rust. Isaiah (unmoved): Time remembers who shows up. ⸻ [Final Chorus – Isaiah | 30s] Isaiah: I’ll wear the mark through every night, Not for revenge— For what’s right, You killed a man, not what he made, Not the courage he gave away. I don’t need myths to stand my ground, I need the people, hear that sound? That’s the city choosing me— Not as a hero… As responsibility. ⸻ [Outro – 15s, cold resolve] Villain (smiling thin): Then come find me, heir of ash. Isaiah (firm, eyes forward): I will. And I won’t be alone.

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