New Kingdom Come

Lyrics

[INTRO — WHISPERED, SOLO VIOLIN, DISTANT RAVENS]

Once upon a time, there lived a girl they couldn't tame.
Too wild for their kingdom, too honest for their games.
They took what they feared and twisted it with blame.
Then told the world the monster was her name.

VERSE 1 — DARK, RHYTHMIC FEMALE VOCALS

I was born with dirt beneath my feet,
A restless heart and a soul that wouldn't sleep.
I loved too hard, stood tall through pain,
Found beauty in the wild, found shelter in the rain.

I wasn't born with claws or hate,
Wasn't born to kneel outside their gate.
I had a voice, a will, a name,
But they feared a woman they couldn't train.

PRE-CHORUS — RISING VIOLIN, WAR DRUMS

Be quiet. Behave.
Be grateful. Be good.
They dressed their control
In the clothes of brotherhood.

They handed me blame,
Then tightened the chain.
Built the fire themselves,
Then cursed me for the flame.

[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE NU-METAL, VIKING CHANTS]

YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME YOUR MONSTER!
(HEY! HEY!)
PUT YOUR POISON IN MY MOUTH!
(HEY! HEY!)
YOU BUILT THE CAGE, YOU LIT THE FIRE,
NOW YOU SCREAM WHEN I CLIMB OUT!

I WAS THE GIRL BEFORE YOUR WAR!
I AM THE WOMAN YOU CAN'T IGNORE!
YOU WANTED TEETH, YOU WANTED CLAWS—
NOW FACE THE BEAST YOUR OWN HANDS DRAW!

VERSE 2 — HEAVY GROOVE, GRITTY VOCALS

Wear the mask. Play the part.
Give them your hands, but never your heart.
Be what they need, don't question the cost.
Smile for the crowd while your soul gets lost.

They wanted a puppet, a shadow, a fool,
A woman made small by their convenient rules.
But something ancient kept beating in me,
A wolf in the woods that refused to flee.

I'm not every rumor carried through town.
I'm not every lie they hammered me down with.
I'm not the reflection they forced me to see.
You don't get to decide what survives inside me.

CHORUS — FULL BAND, GANG VOCALS

YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME YOUR MONSTER!
(HEY! HEY!)
PUT YOUR POISON IN MY MOUTH!
(HEY! HEY!)
YOU BUILT THE CAGE, YOU LIT THE FIRE,
NOW YOU SCREAM WHEN I CLIMB OUT!

I WAS THE GIRL BEFORE YOUR WAR!
I AM THE WOMAN YOU CAN'T IGNORE!
YOU WANTED TEETH, YOU WANTED CLAWS—
NOW FACE THE BEAST YOUR OWN HANDS DRAW!

[BRIDGE — SOLO VIOLIN, HAUNTING FEMALE VOICE]

Tell me, what makes a monster?
The woman who survives?
Or the hands that break her,
Then condemn her for being alive?

I still remember the girl I was,
The love I carried, the things I loved.
Beneath these scars, beneath this skin,
There's still a heart you couldn't make give in.

[BREAKDOWN — THROAT SINGING, STOMPING WAR DRUMS]

WHO MADE THE MONSTER?
WHO LIT THE FLAME?
WHO BUILT THE CAGE
AND FORGED THE CHAINS?

I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR WAR!
I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR LIES!
YOU DON'T GET TO CALL ME EVIL
JUST BECAUSE I SURVIVED!

[FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE GUITARS, VIOLIN, CHOIR]

YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME YOUR MONSTER!
BUT YOU NEVER OWNED MY SOUL!
YOU FED THE DARKNESS, FANNED THE FIRE,
BUT YOU NEVER TOOK CONTROL!

I AM THE STORM! I AM THE SPARK!
I AM THE WOMAN WHO WALKED THROUGH DARK!
I AM NOT YOURS, I AM NOT YOUR SHAME!
I AM THE FIRE YOU COULDN'T TAME!

OUTRO — VIOLIN FADES INTO WIND

Once upon a time, they tried to erase her name.
They tried to make a monster.
She rose and walked away.

I was the girl.
I am the woman.
And I decide what comes next.