[Verse 1]
Bare feet on cold stone
Hands cut, still I climb
Old scars like calligraphy
Etched along my spine
Bitter herbs on my tongue
Breath slow, I hold the sky
Moonlight in the courtyard dust
Years flicker, racing by
[Chorus]
I walk the path of broken mountains
Bleeding knuckles, steady mind
Every fall, another fountain
Of power I was meant to find
If heaven closes all its gates
I’ll carve a door with will and flame
Martial heart will cultivate
Till even gods remember my name
[Verse 2]
Teacher left just one line
On a cracked old bamboo slip
“Guard your heart when you’re strongest
Or the void will make you slip”
So I face my own shadow
In the silence, eye to eye
Rage burns, then turns to ashes
Cool rivers running dry
[Chorus]
I walk the path of broken mountains
Bleeding knuckles, steady mind
Every fall, another fountain
Of power I was meant to find
If heaven closes all its gates
I’ll carve a door with will and flame
Martial heart will cultivate
Till even gods remember my name
[Bridge]
Thunder gathers in my veins (hey!)
Storms obey a single breath
One more step beyond the limit
Life and death, I bargain both with death
[Chorus]
I walk the path of broken mountains
Bleeding knuckles, steady mind
Every fall, another fountain
Of power I was meant to find
If heaven closes all its gates
I’ll carve a door with will and flame
Martial heart will cultivate
Till even gods remember my name