introspective rise cover cradle of filth

"Original track inspired by disillusionment, inner strength and the decay of modern humanity. Melodic death metal meets blackened aggression – huge double blasts, screaming leads, ultra-low & piercing growls à la Dani Filth / Cradle of Filth style, but with melodic Gothenburg hooks that stick.

Lyrics: [I look at the world without illusion.
I’ve watched it from afar, and face to face.
I’ve read, I’ve listened, I’ve compared it all,
through the minds of men, their societies,
their history,
their gods,
their beliefs,
and their lies.I no longer believe in easy stories.
I no longer believe in hollow promises.
I see what people have become,
and sometimes,
it weighs on me.I don’t hate humanity.
I hate what it has been taught to forget.I wear symbols that disturb,
because they remind of loss, of order, of sacrifice,
of strength that protects
as much as it frightens.
I don’t seek to provoke.
I stand upright.
That’s all.Some people cry when they see me.
Others speak without knowing why.
I am neither their fear
nor their refuge.
I am only the mirror of a memory,
the trigger of an emotion
that was already there.I imposed nothing.
I took nothing.
I remained human.I see everyday brutality,
disrespect turned ordinary,
noise, decay, constant escape.
And yet, in the middle of the crowd,
I feel steady.
Grounded.
Present.Because I am not shaped by chaos,
but by inner discipline.I taught myself.
No master.
No doctrine.
By sheer will alone.
And at the end of it all,
only one question remains:Am I just?Not: am I right.
Not: am I on the winning side.
But:
do I still respect the human being
after I stopped believing in illusions?The rest means nothing.
Systems collapse.
Ideologies fade.
Words lose their weight.What remains
is the way you stand.
Upright.
Lucid.
Empathetic,
despite everything.

]