TITLE: “WAR HORSE SYNDROME” (Low chugging riff. Dissonant. Syncopated.) Verse 1 Sick at eleven with a porcelain throne Barf bowl kingdom, dying alone Four walls, no one home Radioactive child in a fractured zone They said I’d burn to live again I-131 in my veins No hands to hold, no comfort given Just Rocky on repeat through the pain You saw me once — you saw the scar Bought the poster, called me star Under the tree we swore we’d run But ghosts grow up and load the gun Pre-Chorus You said it was love Then you took and ran Blamed my body Blamed my hands Chorus I AM NOT YOUR CIVIL WAR NOT YOUR FIX NOT YOUR CURE I AM NOT THE MOTHER OF MEN I WON’T BLEED FOR YOU AGAIN Rabbit chasing dragons’ flame Burned my wings to prove my name Now I stand with iron skin No more sons in lovers’ skin Verse 2 You come back healed in fantasy Stable, sober, choosing me But reality texts at 2 A.M. “Gas money?” — the cycle begins Charm flips on when you feel the slip Hormone switch, ego trip You love me when I’m strong and bright But vanish when I’m sick at night My body knows before my mind Polarity begins to grind Maternal code kills desire Ashes falling from the fire Breakdown (Polyrhythmic, spoken-growl cadence) I don’t want to raise Another Broken Boy I don’t want to save Another Selfish Void You don’t get my blood You don’t get my gold You don’t get my sickness You don’t get my soul Bridge (Haunting, slower) Sixteen on a street with no cars Nineteen with invisible scars Even ground until the war Addiction kicking down the door I did not kill you I did not fail I was a child Inside the hail Chorus 2 I AM NOT YOUR REDEMPTION ARC NOT YOUR LIGHT INSIDE THE DARK I AM NOT THE FIX YOU SEEK I WON’T SHRINK SO YOU’RE NOT WEAK I won’t chase into the flame I won’t mother you again If you want a throne to claim Come as king — not as my son Final Outro (Layered vocals) I was the war horse Trained for collapse Carrying kingdoms On splintered backs But I lay down armor Not in defeat Only a man who stands upright Will ever walk with me