[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.