Given Purpose

Cold iron walls but the fire’s still warm

You dress it like mercy, but I see the form

You build your little kingdom out of broken men

Call it salvation, call it home again

You let me work, let me breathe, let me mend

But chains don’t vanish just because they bend

Every kindness carries teeth underneath

And I won’t forget what you really are, beast

You only see the shadow, not the flame

You only hear the whisper, not the name

I was nothing when the sky went black

She gave me something I could take back

She gave me purpose when I had none

When Prophet left, when the light was gone

You call her monster, I call her truth

She made me stronger, she made me new

You call it purpose, I call it chains

Painted gold to hide the stains

She’s still a dragon, don’t lose your head

You’re kneeling to the thing we bled

You don’t remember what it feels like—void

When the thing that chose you just destroys

Prophet left me like I never was

Tell me what that kind of “good” does

She didn’t break me, didn’t twist my will

Just showed me a world that’s standing still

War ends fast when you stop the fight

And follow something that can win it right

You’re dressed in faith but it’s just despair

You found a cage and you call it air

She didn’t force you—you ran inside

And now you’re too afraid to see the lie

She gave me purpose when I had none

When Prophet left, when the light was gone

You call her monster, I call her truth

She made me stronger, she made me new

You call it purpose, I call it chains

Painted gold to hide the stains

She’s still a dragon, don’t lose your head

You’re kneeling to the thing we bled

She never lied… she never took…

She only gave me back what they forsook

She doesn’t need to force your hand

When broken men will choose her plan

The war could end if you just see—

The war ends when we’re finally free

She gave me purpose—

She gave you chains—

She gave me life—

She feeds on pain—

[Mathew:] I won’t go back to who I was

[David:] You’re losing everything you was

[Mathew:] Let her reign and end the fire

[David:] You’re serving something that devours

You’ll understand… when there’s nothing left

I’d rather lose it all than serve her breath