[Intro – whispered / ritual] [(Breath. Low drone. Heartbeat percussion)] I didn’t survive by accident. I stayed… when leaving was easier. [Verse 1 – low, restrained, intimate] I learned to smile with a war in my chest, Carried the weight they never guessed. I held the line when the nights grew long, Loved with a heart they said was wrong. I was bleeding quiet, learning to stand, While life kept breaking what I planned. If faith is tested by fire and pain, Then I’ve been baptized in endless flame. [Pre-Chorus – tension rising] Hear the drum under my skin, This is where my strength begins. I don’t run, I don’t pretend, I stay until the very end. [Chorus – massive, emotional metal] I am forged, not broken, I am truth unspoken. Through the dark, through the fear, through the flame, I stayed when the world turned away. I am blood and devotion, Not a moment an ocean. If love is a vow written in pain, I will carry it… again and again. [Verse 2 – heavier, angrier] They saw my silence, called it weak, Never felt the hell I beat. I buried screams so my kids could breathe, Turned my wounds into belief. I’ve loved with hands that still would shake, Gave more than I could ever take. If this is the price of staying real, Then let the scars remind me what I feel. [Pre-Chorus – chant-like] Om of the ache, Om of the fire, Every loss took me higher. No escape, no disguise, Only truth behind tired eyes. [Chorus – wider, crushing] I am forged, not broken, I am oath unspoken. Through the dark, through the fear, through the flame, I stayed when the world turned away. I am blood and devotion, Not a phase my whole motion. If love is a vow written in pain, I will carry it… again and again. [ ][Bridge / Breakdown – ritual, raw] (Whispered / chanted)] Strip me bare leave my soul. I’ve paid the price, I’ve lost control. Name by name, tear by tear, I stayed when disappearing felt near. [(Indian percussion takes over — voices circle, breath, mantra-like sounds)] [Final Chorus – emotional devastation + power] I am forged, not broken, I am fire awoken. Let the gods bear witness to this stand— I loved with a shaking hand. No crown, no mercy claimed, Just a heart that remained. If this world remembers my pain, Let it remember I stayed. [Outro – fading drone, calm after fire] I didn’t survive to be saved. I survived… because I chose to stay.

Forged to Remain