If The World Must Die

I remember the moment they called me a hero

Funny thing is…

That was the same moment I started losing everything

They built statues in my name

While I stood there… holding your last breath

If this world needed your death to survive…

Then maybe this world doesn’t deserve to survive at all

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I kept my hands clean, followed every rule

Played their savior, played their tool

Every life I saved felt justified

Till I watched you fade and I stayed alive

They said “you did what you had to do”

Like that would bring me back to you

Now every word just fuels the flame

Every excuse just sounds the same

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They want their hero back again

But he died with you in the end

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If the world must die to hear you breathe again

Then let it fall, let it all cave in

Every life, every line that they defend

Means nothing if I don’t get you again

I gave them hope, I gave them light

Now I take it back into the night

I don’t care how this all will end

If the world must die, I’ll do it again

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I see your shadow in every flame

Every ruin whispers your name

This broken crown upon my head

Is built from everything they said

“Sacrifice is what heroes do”

Yeah, I sacrificed myself for you

But they took more than I could give

Now I don’t want this world to live

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If saving them means losing you

Then I reject the truth they choose

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If the world must die to hear you breathe again

Then let it fall, let it all cave in

Every life, every lie they defend

Means nothing if I don’t get you again

I gave them hope, I gave them light

Now I take it back into the night

I don’t care how this all will end

If the world must die, I’ll do it again

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No more halos, no more grace

Only vengeance left in place

They built a god, then let him break

Now they fear the choice I’ll make

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They’ll write stories about this…

About how a hero fell

They’ll say I lost my way

That grief made me weak

But they’re wrong

Grief didn’t break me…

It showed me the truth

A world that demands your death…

Is a world I was never meant to save

So let them pray

Let them run

I already chose