Burnt Crown (Zuko)

Scarred by blood, raised on fire

I ain't your prince—I’m a fuckin’ pariah

Banished flame with a dragon’s pride

I lost my soul just to chase one lie

I was thirteen with a war in my chest

Pops burned my face just to teach me respect

Said love was weakness, pain was a tool

So I swallowed that fire and I played the fool

Chasin’ honor like it owed me somethin’

Like my breath ain’t earned through the pain and the runnin’

Sailed through storms with a blade on my back

Uncle tried to guide, but I stayed on track

Toward rage, toward shame, toward the ghost of a name

Toward that Avatar, tryin' to stake my claim

But I wasn’t no villain, I was just a son

Tryin’ to be a man in the shadow of one

Bowed to the throne just to get back home

But the throne ain’t shit when your heart’s all gone

Azula smilin’ with that venom grin

Tryin’ to pull me down with her fire within

She got madness, I got scars

She craves control, I just want who we are

Call me traitor, call me lost

But I burned down pride just to pay the cost

Honor ain’t given—it’s blood and flame

And I bled too long for a fuckin’ name

I ain’t your prince, I’m the storm you made

Now I walk through hell just to light my way

I turned my back on the throne I bled for

Fought my sister, I ain't scared no more

I seen real strength in a monk who forgives

And weakness in kings who forget how to live

I chose my path with a fist full of ash

Split from the past with a lightning flash

I betrayed what I knew just to make shit right

Fought side by side with the one I’d fight

He looked at me like I wasn't my sins

So I burned 'em down and I let him in

Built a future outta pain and war

Learned to bend not just flame, but more

Learned peace ain’t quiet—it’s a fire restrained

It’s owning the pain and releasin' the chains

I ain’t flawless, I ain’t whole

But I carry this world like it carved in my soul

I ain’t Ozai, I’m the burn that defied him

Son of a coward, still chose the right end

Fought for the people I was raised to destroy

Turned from a crown to become something more

To the ones that I failed, to the ones I hurt

I got nothin’ but scars and this will to work

I build from ruins, I lead from truth

Not the fear that broke me in my youth

Now I spit that fire with a humbled breath

King of ash who escaped that death

So let the world see the prince reborn

No mask, no lies, just a crown reform

No lightning bolt could break my will

No sister's game, no father's chill

I faced ‘em all and I chose my way

Now the fire within don't burn—it saves

Zuko. Scarred but standin' tall

I lost it all just to rise and evolve

Fuck a throne if it ain’t earned clean

Now I bend my past into somethin' redeemed