Steel Against My Shadow

[Verse 1]
Armor on
But the plates are cracked
Every step
And the doubt snaps back
In the glass
I see a warlord grin
Same eyes
Same scars
Dragging me in
[Pre-Chorus]
Clawing hands from the pit in my chest
Calling me down
Begging “rest
Just rest”
But I raise my fist to the ghost in my skin
If hell is in here
Then here I begin
[Chorus]
Steel against my shadow
I’m the storm inside the flame
Every cut
Every scar I carry
I carve into my name
Steel against my shadow
Hear the clash
The burning roar
If my demons want a kingdom
They can find me at the door
[Verse 2]
Poison words
On a looping chain
Ancient curses
With my own voice saying my name
But I’ve bled
For the lies I fed
Now I sharpen truth
On the things I dread
[Pre-Chorus]
Rising up with the weight on my back
Every doubt just becomes my attack
I ignite the dark that used to own me
Turn the cage to a crown
And the lock to a key
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I am the monster
I am the knight
I am the darkness
I am the light
[crescendo
Choir backing]
I break the blade that held my soul
I forge it new from broken bone
I ride the fire
Not the fear
My final foe is in the mirror
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]

metal, Blazing modern power metal, double-kick on overdrive, twin guitars trading harmonized riffs over a galloping bass. Verses tense and tight with palm-muted chugs; chorus explodes into soaring, layered male vocals and wide open chords. Brief neoclassical guitar solo in the bridge, choir-style backing hooks, and a triumphant key change on the final chorus., power metal