Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] I was carved in cold iron habits Handed down like a rusted blade Swore I’d dull that edge in my fingers Bleed the script from the stone they made Three small suns in my collapsing orbit Each one tests the gravity I claim Ten-year storm Five-year flicker And a twelfth-year moon that won’t share my name [Verse 2] Your picture hangs like a question On the wall of my inherited sin I am stranger / I am shelter Tattooed titles on the same pale skin “Real blood Fake blood” — poisoned language That I bury in the backyard dirt I won’t brand you with my history Or use your heart to bandage mine first [Chorus] I raise this house of fractured crowns Every child a kingdom now Not by blood But by the vow I am the spine that will not bow Stone by stone I break the chain Teaching thunder to outrun rain Every name that calls me “Dad” I will answer I will stand [Verse 3] Discipline like a double-edged sermon Love like a riot in slow control I am learning how to hold the mirror So it cuts the lie Not the soul To my son: you are not my shadow To my girl: you are not my fear To the one who watched men vanish I am staying till the ash is clear [Bridge] I am the grave of inherited venom I am the fork where the river splits Let my bones be the dam that shatters When their future hammers it If the past claws up through the floorboards I’ll be the weight that drives it down Their hearts will not wear my rust Their heads will not bow to my crown [Chorus] I raise this house of fractured crowns Every child a kingdom now Not by blood But by the vow I am the spine that will not bow Stone by stone I break the chain Teaching thunder to outrun rain Every name that calls me “Dad” I will answer I will stand (I will stand)
Tags
metal, Classic early-90s death metal attack with tightly picked, harmonized guitars and restless drum work; riffs shift between jagged, technical patterns and stomping mid-tempo grooves. Male vocals in a caustic mid-growl, intelligible yet venomous. Verses coil with dissonant chord climbs; chorus locks into a fist-raising half-time stomp with gang-shouted title line. Brief tremolo-picked bridge blooms into a melodic dual-guitar lead before the final, crushing refrain., death metal
Duration
4:06
Instrumental
No
Created
3/31/2026