Lyrics

(Intro — whisper, plotting)
I draw the map in secret halls
Names on a wall, a shadow calls
Enemies carved with a sharpened pen
One by one, I’ll strike again

(Verse 1 — quiet but tense)
You raised your voice, you dared defy
Now watch your towers crack and die
With laws like daggers, I aim, I sway
Twist the courts to clear my way
Clearances burned, your stars undone
I feed the blaze ‘til I’m the sun

(Pre-Chorus — intensifying)
I’m building my house on the bones of dissent
Every blow dressed as justice well spent

(Chorus — big and operatic)
Pawns in my playbook, I move, they fall
Not for the country, no, not at all
Comfort in conquest, vengeance I crave
The people think I’m strong, but I’m just afraid

(Verse 2 — roaring confession)
Audit the truth, rewrite the past
Pull their shields and strike at last
Media mocked, their ink runs red
With every word, my hunger’s fed
Bureaucrats bent, their pledges mine
I redraw the rules, I break the line

(Pre-Chorus)
Power’s a poison I drink to survive
I kill their voices to feel alive

(Chorus — soaring, layered vocals)
Pawns in my playbook, I move, they fall
Not for the country, no, not at all
Comfort in conquest, vengeance I crave
The people think I’m strong, but I’m just afraid

(Bridge — haunting, spoken/sung hybrid)
Replace the guards, crown the loyal
Light the pyres, feed the royal
Enemies fade, yet shadows stay
Retribution never keeps the dark away

(Guitar / orchestral break — tension then release)

(Final Chorus — desperate grandeur)
Pawns in my playbook, the board’s grown small
I’m the king alone in a crumbling hall
Comfort in conquest, but ghosts still remain
I played for revenge… and lost the game

(Outro — soft, echoing)
I built my throne on fractured trust
Ashes to ashes, rust to rust…