Shadows of My Padawan

[Verse 1]
You were thrown into my war
Too young
Too loud
Too sure (too bright)
I called you "Snips" like a shield
From the bodies in my wake
Side by side in burning halls
We joked through the screams and the smoke
You learned every flaw in my stance
And every crack in my hope
[Chorus]
We were blades in the dark
Intertwined
You were the light I kept behind my eyes
When the temple fell
When the sky turned red
You were the name still echoing in my head
Shadows of my Padawan
Haunt the monster I became
[Verse 2]
You walked out through those stone gates
While they branded you a traitor
I reached but the council's cold stare
Cut deeper than any saber
You carved your own path in the void
Far from my rage
From my chains
But the bond they could never erase
Still burned like a mark in my veins
[Chorus]
We were blades in the dark
Intertwined
You were the light I kept behind my eyes
When the temple fell
When the sky turned red
You were the name still echoing in my head
Shadows of my Padawan
Haunt the monster I became
[Bridge]
[Drums surge
Guitars tremolo picking]
Face to face on a broken hull
Your eyes searching mine for a ghost
You asked
"What have you become?"
I answered with silence and smoke
Every strike
Every spark
Was a funeral for who we were
You said you would not leave me
So I left you in the fire
[Chorus]
We were blades in the dark
Intertwined
You were the light I buried in my mind
When the temple fell
When the sky turned red
You were the prayer I strangled in my chest
Shadows of my Padawan
Cry the name I cast away
[Outro]
[Half-time
Choir rises]
If there's a dawn beyond this mask
If there's a face beneath this scar
Maybe you'll be the one
Who remembers who I was
Shadows of my Padawan
Fade
But never break (never break)

metal, Epic cinematic metal with down-tuned guitars, double-kick bursts, and choirs. Verses stalk in a mid-tempo chug under tense strings, vocals shifting between harsh growls and soaring melodic male vocals in the choruses. Bridge explodes with syncopated riffs, tom-heavy drums, and choral female backing, then drops to a half-time, towering final hook.