I Cannot Walk the Same Path You Have

Your shadow stretches over me

Like chains I never chose

You carved your name in destiny

But I won’t wear your throne

Your road is paved with silent fear

With rules I never made

You call it love, you call it fate

I call it a masquerade

I hear your voice inside my head

But it’s not mine to keep

I won’t inherit your regrets

Or promises you couldn’t keep

I cannot walk the same path you have

Through the fire of your past

I won’t live chained to yesterday

Or wear your broken mask

Your battles aren’t the cross I bear

Your truth is not my map

I cannot walk the same path you have

I won’t turn back

You build a kingdom out of scars

And crowned yourself with pride

But every step you glorified

Left something else to die

I see the cracks beneath the gold

The silence in your fame

You call it strength to never bend

But I won’t play that game

I am not your unfinished dream

I am not your ghost

I’ll carve my name in living stone

On roads you fear the most

I cannot walk the same path you have

Through the fire of your past

I won’t live chained to yesterday

Or wear your broken mask

Your battles aren’t the cross I bear

Your truth is not my map

I cannot walk the same path you have

I won’t turn back

This blood is mine — not yours to claim

This will is forged in different flames

Your war is over — mine begins

I rise. I fall. I fight. I win.

I cannot walk the same path you have

But I’ll blaze my own in flame

Through storm and doubt, through fear and wrath

I’ll never bow to shame

No chains, no aftermath

I cannot walk the same path you have

I choose my path