[Intro]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Hook]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
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