Cobblestones soaked with the rain of my youth
Fate threw me down in the gutter and truth
Said “your path is written, the die has been cast”
I spat the blood out, swore I’d break the past
Scars on my knuckles, ice in my chest
Kindness was a joke the world put to rest
I outran the hounds, I stole every round
Fate thinks it’s won? I’ll burn the whole game down
Mask of flesh, I wear it tight
Poisoned kisses, lies in the night
Every step I gamble with the devil’s own hand
I don’t beg for mercy – I make fate bend
Cunning soul under a human disguise
Tentative kiss stains, burning like lies
Peak of power where the cold wind cries
Love’s a ghost I never recognized
Fate can laugh, spin its web, try to break my pride
I’ll claw to the top, tear the stars from the sky
Crown of defiance, blood on my hands
I don’t lose to destiny – I make it dance
Chandeliers glint with the rot of the court
Chess pieces fall where my malice reports
I’ve seen kings crumble, I’ve seen empires rot
Fate’s a cheap trick, I’ve already caught
Still when the dark wraps the world in its hush
A flicker of softness I dare not to touch
That kid in the rain, he still calls my name
But fate doesn’t get to decide how this ends
They fear the man who won’t kneel to fate
They hate the fire that no flood can tame
But in the hush of the endless night
I spit at the gods – I’ll win this fight
Cunning soul under a human disguise
Tentative kiss stains, burning like lies
Peak of power where the cold wind cries
Love’s a ghost I never recognized
Fate can laugh, spin its web, try to break my pride
I’ll claw to the top, tear the stars from the sky
Crown of defiance, blood on my hands
I don’t lose to destiny – I make it dance
Oh, if the fates would let me breathe
A quiet life, a soul set free
Sunset down an old alley
A warm hearth fire, waiting for me
But the deck was stacked from the very start
The gods wrote me a broken heart
So I’ll rip the script up, tear the sky apart
I am the rule, I am the dark
I am the one who outruns fate’s mark
Woah — Fate will fall, I will rise
Woah — I rewrite my own life
Cunning soul under a human disguise
Kiss of fire, branded in my eyes
Top of the world where the thunder cries
I finally know love’s the highest price
Fate can roar, swing its blade, try to steal my light
I’ll stand on the peak, make the heavens bow down
Crown of defiance, I own this land
I don’t bow to destiny – I command
Human mask
Cunning soul
Fate undone
I am whole