Roger Barrymore - 010 - You Chose the Hardest Path

Описание: Roger Barrymore AI solo project

lyrics:


In the ashes of the first mistake
I carved my name
the sky collapsed
when I said yes
to the hardest path

A decision like a blade to the throat
taken without seeing the depth
one single step
and the world changed its face
and so did I
Doors turned into stone
eyes like nails in my flesh
they spoke of me
as something broken
to be avoided

They laughed from their safe thresholds
with clean hands and frozen hearts
I was already falling
and they were already judging

“You chose the hardest path”
they said it without mercy
as if pain were a crime
as if suffering were a choice
“You chose the hardest path”
now silence screams it
every day I breathe
every night I don’t sleep

Words left scars
deeper than the facts
they called me insane
a failure
a condemned soul
Every mistake a sentence
every step a confirmation
to them I was already dead
before I could even know
what I was becoming

I could have turned back
bowed my head
begged forgiveness for existing
but I chose to stand
among the ruins

“You chose the hardest path”
like an endless curse
written on my shoulders
engraved in my shadow
“You chose the hardest path”
but no one ever saw
how much blood it takes
just to keep walking

Now I live at the edges
where judgment cannot reach
where pain is honest
and salvation doesn’t lie
That choice broke me
yes
but it also cut my chains
while they remained
motionless
inside their fear

If this is hell
I crossed it awake
if this is the mistake
it became my voice
I chose the hardest path
and I carry its weight
but it’s the only road
that never asked me
to lie