[Intro]
A cradle lost, a kingdom torn
A name erased before the morn
A lullaby beneath the scar
A child sent hidden under stars

[Verse]
I found the verse no mouth would sing
Behind a chapel stone
It spoke of fire, a murdered king
A child cast out alone
The letters shook beneath my hand
The ink was brown with age
And every line became a wound
That opened on the page

[Pre-Chorus]
The song I carried all my life
Had carried me as well
A cradle hidden from the knife
A truth no grave could tell

[Chorus]
There is bloodline in the ballad
There is fire in my name
I was born from broken towers
I was saved by ash and flame
I am not the sword they waited for
Not the hero legends claim
But there is bloodline in the ballad
And the ballad knows my name

[Verse]
I saw the seal my mother wore
A lion split in two
The same small mark upon my skin
The same forbidden blue
The priest who kept the record wept
And bowed his silver head
He said the heir they thought was gone
Had lived because he fled

[Pre-Chorus]
I wanted roads, not royal halls
A song, not war and pain
But destiny has silent calls
That thunder through the veins

[Chorus]
There is bloodline in the ballad
There is fire in my name
I was born from broken towers
I was saved by ash and flame
I am not the sword they waited for
Not the hero legends claim
But there is bloodline in the ballad
And the ballad knows my name

[Interlude]
Mother unknown
Father slain
Crown in ashes
Song in chains
Child of silence
Voice of rain
Rise through sorrow
Rise again

[Solo]
A clean guitar cries like moonlit glass
Then steel guitars answer from the pass
Strings ascend with a royal theme
Turning grief into a dream

[Bridge]
What crown could heal the starving fields
What throne could bring them bread
What blood could mend the widows’ doors
Or wake the nameless dead
If I must wear my father’s name
Then let it not be pride
Let it be a song for all
Who had no place to hide

[Breakdown]
I am afraid
I am unmade
I am the child
The kingdom saved

[Build-up]
Not for glory
Not for gold
Not for stories
Proudly told
For the broken
For the slain
For the voices
Lost in rain

[Chorus]
There is bloodline in the ballad
There is fire in my name
I was born from broken towers
I was saved by ash and flame
I am not the sword they waited for
Not the hero legends claim
But there is bloodline in the ballad
And the ballad knows my name

[Chorus]
There is bloodline in the ballad
There is mercy in the flame
I will stand for every village
That remembered what became
I am not the crown of conquest
I am not the tyrant’s game
But there is bloodline in the ballad
And the ballad knows my name

[Outro]
A cradle lost, a kingdom torn
A hidden heir beneath the morn
No golden throne, no royal claim
Only a song that speaks my name