NO THRONE LEFT TO BURN

You look like I used to.

That’s the problem.

⸻

You step through ash like you still care,

Like hope still lingers in the air,

Like this world’s something you can repair —

It isn’t.

I stood where you are once before,

Blade in hand, heart at war,

Believed there was something worth fighting for —

There wasn’t.

Seven graves beneath this sky,

Darius’ oath where iron died,

Seris’ flame that blackened wide —

I remember.

You see a monster in my stance,

But I see circumstance,

One step wrong in grief’s expanse —

And here I am.

⸻

No throne left to burn for me,

No gods left to turn to me,

This black sun learned from me —

And stayed.

You still carry red inside,

Still think there’s a side to side,

But I’ve already watched that die —

In flames.

⸻

You call this void corruption,

I call it interruption,

Of endless war and false redemption —

It ends here.

I didn’t choose to be this crown,

I just refused to kneel down,

When the world collapsed around —

I stood.

You think you’re here to save me?

To break what fate has made me?

Look closer — I’m what saved me —

From breaking.

The black sun doesn’t scream,

It doesn’t beg, it doesn’t dream,

It simply burns between —

What’s left.

⸻

No throne left to burn tonight,

No mercy left in sight,

If you think you’re here to fight —

Then fight.

You carry hope like it’s armor still,

But hope bends slow to iron will,

And iron breaks when forced to feel —

Too much.

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(Guitars slam hard, double kick)

YOU SEE A MONSTER —

I SEE TRUTH.

YOU SEE A CURSE —

I SEE PROOF.

I BURIED EVERYTHING YOU LOVE

SO YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO.

(SCREAM)

I AM THE BLACK KNIGHT THAT STANDS — NOW BURN!

(Guitar chugs continue)

COME AND TRY TO SAVE ME.

⸻

No throne left, no crown to claim,

Only ash and only flame,

If you think we’re not the same —

You’re wrong.

Red sun flickers in your chest,

Black sun steady in my breath,

If one of us must face what’s next —

It won’t be me.

⸻

He draws his blade.

Not in anger.

In certainty.