Stand Tall

Villain (mocking):

You finally stepped out of his shadow.

Isaiah (calm):

No.

I stepped into the light you couldn’t stop.

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I trained where fear couldn’t follow me,

Turned the city’s pain into harmony,

Every lie you fed, every chain you set,

I learned the weight—then I offset.

I’m not your weapon, not your myth,

I’m every voice you tried to sift,

You ruled the night with borrowed breath,

I learned to live—

You learned to threaten death.

Villain (spoken):

Power without control destroys cities.

Isaiah:

Control without people destroys souls.

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Villain:

You think discipline makes you king?

Isaiah:

I don’t want crowns.

I want change that sticks.

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Villain:

I am the order you can’t replace!

Isaiah:

Order built on fear can’t stay!

Villain:

You’ll break them trying to save their lives!

Isaiah:

They’ll stand themselves—

That’s the difference tonight!

Both:

Say it loud, let the streets decide,

Who really wins when the masks divide.

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I shaped this city, bent its will,

Made chaos kneel, made nights go still,

You burn too bright, you won’t last long—

Hope fades fast when pressure’s strong.

Isaiah (steady):

Hope fades fast when it’s alone.

I brought the city—

I’m not on my own.

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Mayor (angry):

This ends now! You’ve gone too far!

You’re tearing apart what we are!

Isaiah:

What we are… or what you sold?

Mayor:

I chose peace!

Isaiah:

You chose control.

Villain:

Finish this—together!

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Mayor:

You can’t fight law and order combined!

Isaiah:

Law without justice is fear redesigned!

Villain:

Break him! End this spark tonight!

Isaiah:

Watch me turn pressure into light!

All:

City shaking, ground replies—

Truth don’t hide when courage rises!

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(Energy swells; metal bends)

Villain (strained):

Contain it—now!

Mayor (panicked):

This wasn’t the plan!

Isaiah:

Plans change…

When people stand.

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I won’t strike to rule or reign,

I strike to end your grip on pain,

No revenge, no final scream—

Just freedom breaking your machine.

You taught the city how to fear—

I taught it how to persevere.

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Isaiah:

Stand tall—hear the people roar,

No more shadows at the door,

You tried to cage what you couldn’t own,

Now watch it rise—fully grown.

Stand tall—this ends tonight,

Truth in the streets, dawn in sight,

No thrones, no chains, no hidden lies—

Just a city standing eye to eye.

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(Villain falls. Mayor retreats.)

Villain (defeated):

What… are you?

Isaiah (steady):

What happens

When people stop being afraid.

(Hero steps beside Isaiah.)

Hero:

You did it.

Isaiah:

We did.