[Verse 1]
Cards cut like scars
Spread across this rusted table
Hands shake
Heartbeat
Louder than the crowd’s own cable
Shadow in my mind
Says “fold before you start”
I stare down the field
Feel it crawl up my arm
[Pre-Chorus]
Kakashi hits my shoulder
Julian yells my name
“Yosuke
Flip that terror
Turn that doubt into flame”
I breathe in the silence
I lock onto their eyes
If fear is just a monster
Then I choose its demise
[Chorus]
I’ve got the heart of the face-down
You only see it when it counts
When the world says “fall”
I slam it all
Turn my fractures into fangs that bite
I’ve got the heart of the face-down
Burning through the final round
When my faith runs thin
I still all-in
I’m the card you never read right
[Verse 2]
Steel spine
Sleeve tight
Life points hanging by a whisper
Every move a mirror
Showing every hidden fissure
Voices in the stands
Blend into a distant roar
But my brother by my side
Is louder than the war
[Pre-Chorus]
Kakashi starts that laughter
Julian beats the rail
“Yosuke
Trust your instincts
You were built to never pale”
Their faith becomes my armor
Their shouts a battle cry
I stack my fears in a single row
Then send them to the sky
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Doubt draws first
But it bleeds when I rise
Every scar another
Summon in disguise
[harsh backing screams]
“Break!”
[Band drop to halftime
Heavy]
I chain my fear
To the ground beneath
Rip that script
Like a torn-up sleeve
If I stand my ground
I can’t be played
I am not the hand
I am the blade
[Chorus]