The Betrayer

[Verse I] I walked the edge where angels fear to tread With demon fire raging in my head They saw corruption burning in my veins But never saw the purpose in the pain I took the curse they feared to understand To break the darkness spreading through the land If damnation was the price to pay— Then let my soul be thrown away [Pre-Chorus] They called me traitor, cast me aside But I saw truth they chose to hide [Chorus] I am the betrayer— The one they left to burn I took the fire inside me So they would never learn No savior, no redeemer Just scars I can’t erase I am the betrayer— The outcast they embrace [Verse II] Ten thousand years in shadows I remained A prisoner of the lies they named My brother turned, my people blind To what I gave… to what I’d sacrificed I tore the veil, I drank the night To stand alone against their endless fight If monsters rise to end the war— Then I’ll become what they abhor [Pre-Chorus] No chains can bind what still defies The truth that lives behind these eyes [Chorus] I am the betrayer— The one they cursed in vain I carry all their hatred Like fire in my veins No heaven waits to claim me No peace beyond the grave I am the betrayer— The one they could not save [Bridge] What is betrayal but a name For those who dare to change the game? I chose the path no one would take— A world to save, a soul to break Let them hate me! Let them lie! I will not kneel, I will not die! If darkness is my only way— Then I will be their night… their final day! [Breakdown] Blind eyes open, burning bright I am shadow, I am light No forgiveness, no return— Only fire… only burn [Final Chorus] I am the betrayer— The truth they can’t deny I gave up my forever So hope would never die No crown, no absolution Just war I’ll never flee I am the betrayer— And this is what I choose to be [Outro] Remember not the lies they told… But the fire I chose to hold…