*Shadow On My Altar*

*YOU’RE NAME HERE*

(Full Verse Version)

VERSE 1

I wore their memories around my neck,

cold tokens of the lives they lived.

Every warning left my mouth like smoke,

a prophecy they never could outlive.

I told them all the cost of crossing

the shadow-line I guard alone.

And when the silence swallowed them,

their echoes turned my heart to stone.

PRE‑CHORUS

So carve your truth, or carve your fate—

the mantle waits for one more weight.

CHORUS

Don’t forget…

or I’ll bind your echo to my collar,

hang your shadow from my altar,

and when I point into the darkened room,

I’ll whisper through the hollow gloom:

This one’s you.

This one’s you.

This one’s you.

VERSE 2

They forged their chains with every lie,

each link a vow they failed to keep.

I only gathered what they left behind—

their broken names, their restless sleep.

I walk the line between the worlds,

where every oath becomes a scar.

And if you step too close to me,

you’ll learn how fragile mortals are.

PRE‑CHORUS

So choose your path, or choose your doom—

the mantle always has more room.

CHORUS

Don’t forget…

or I’ll bind your echo to my collar,

hang your shadow from my altar,

and when I point into the darkened room,

I’ll whisper through the hollow gloom:

This one’s you.

This one’s you.

This one’s you.