Darker Than The Enemy

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[Verse I]

I feel the fracture in my bones, a shadow crawling through my veins,
A voice that echoes when I breathe, whispering that I won’t be saved.
The mirror’s bleeding silhouettes, a stranger wearing my own face,
Everyone can see the rot—
I’m slipping, shifting out of place.

[Pre-Chorus]

I try to cage the creature clawing at my spine,
But the chains are breaking one link at a time…

[Chorus]

I’m trapped inside myself, screaming just to stay alive,
But the darkness wears me like a second skin I can’t deny.
To save the ones I love, I have to cut away the light—
Become darker than the enemy I’m sworn to fight.

[Verse II]

I taste the static in the air, the magic burning black and cold,
A cursed inheritance that tears the truth from what I’m told.
They reach for me with trembling hands,
But I’m already slipping through—
How can they be afraid of monsters
…when I’m becoming one, too?

[Breakdown — screamed]

TAKE MY BODY—
TAKE MY SOUL—
IF THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS TO KEEP THEM WHOLE.
LET THE SHADOW—
CLAIM MY NAME—
I’LL BE THE DARKNESS THAT DEVOURS YOUR FLAME.

[Chorus]

I’m trapped inside myself, screaming just to stay alive,
But the darkness wears me like a second skin I can’t deny.
To save the ones I love, I have to cut away the light—
Become darker than the enemy I’m sworn to fight.

[Bridge — whispered → scream]

I feel the power take control…
A crown of thorns around my soul…
If this is what the world demands—
THEN I’LL DESCEND WITH OPEN HANDS.

[Final Breakdown]

I won’t run.
I won’t hide.
I’ll burn the shadow from inside.
If saving them means losing me—
THEN LET THE VOID SET ME FREE.

[Outro]

I’m not the hero they remember,
But I’m the demon they need tonight—
I’ll be the monster in the darkness
Just to drag the nightmare into the light.