Intro – Cinematic / Low Choir + Distant Screams] Smoke in the skyline… Steel in the sand… Not my war— Not my command. (Dragonfire echoes faintly in distance) ⸻ [Verse 1 – Aggressive Rap] Ruins still breathing, embers alive City half-dead but it refuses to die I walk through the fallout, blade on my back Then I hear steel clash — somebody cracked Four silhouettes, cornered and torn Fighting like hope wasn’t already worn Beast in the square with marrow for teeth Swinging like death’s got a personal leash I should turn. Not my fight. Not my blood. Not my night. But that roar split bone in the air— And the wolf at my side just stared. So I stepped. ⸻ [Chorus 1 – Heavy / Defiant] I DON’T FIGHT FOR YOU I FIGHT FOR MY GROUND This is my territory You’re just background DON’T FOLLOW ME DON’T SAY MY NAME When the smoke clears out— I’m gone in the flame ⸻ [Verse 2 – Faster Flow] Gunblade sings when the trigger snaps Shockwave rip through its armored back Party froze like they’d seen a ghost Didn’t know I was hunting close “Fall back,” I growled, don’t test my pace I don’t need thanks — just clear my space I carved that beast like I carved my fate Precise. Detached. Efficient hate. But when it fell, they didn’t run. Didn’t scatter. Didn’t come undone. One of them said, “We owe you our lives.” I said nothing. Turned to leave. They followed. ⸻ [Chorus 2 – Louder / Irritated] I DON’T WALK WITH STRANGERS I DON’T SHARE MY ROAD If you’re chasing my shadow You’re carrying your own load DON’T SLOW ME DOWN DON’T GET IN MY WAY I didn’t save you So you could stay ⸻ [Bridge – Breakdown / Half-Time] Why are your footsteps still behind mine? Why does your healer keep checking my side? Why does the wolf not bare its teeth— When you stand that close to me? This isn’t loyalty. It’s a mistake. ⸻ [Verse 3 – Controlled Fury] You don’t know what hunts in my wake You don’t know what my silence takes I don’t keep names. I don’t keep ties. Everything close to me eventually dies. So walk back now. While you can breathe. Before the fire decides to feed. But they didn’t move. Didn’t break. Just tightened their grips— And matched my pace. ⸻ [Chorus 3 – Cracked Armor] I DON’T NEED BACKUP I DON’T NEED A TEAM I’VE SURVIVED EVERY NIGHTMARE YOU’VE ONLY SEEN IN DREAMS …So why are you still here? Why don’t you run? This path ends in ashes— And I walk it alone. (Beat drop — wolf howl layered under distortion) ⸻ [Outro – Cinematic] Footsteps… Five instead of one. Steel cools. But something’s begun.

STRANGERS IN THE ASH