Trail Of Fire Without a Path (Bowser Theme)

I walk a trail of fire without a path
No hand to guide, no mercy in the past
I wore a crown before I knew its weight
Now every step I take is forged in fate

They carved a throne before I learned to stand
Placed iron will inside a child's small hand
No lullabies, no tender, foolish grace
Only the mirror of a king's cold face

Be more: They said: Than flesh and fragile bone
A ruler is a creature carved of stone
And so I buried every trembling plea
Until no boy remained inside of me

And oh–what ghost still calls my name?
What echo dares accuse my flame?
If I was made, then who's to blame?

I walk a trail of fire without a path
No hand to guide, no mercy in the past
I tried to kneel, I tried to reconcile
But peace was never meant for one like I

I came in silence, bearing olive leaves
But kingdoms answered only through their siege
The sky rained steel, the ground betrayed my feet
And mercy died where power chose to meet

The entire Mushroom Kingdom turned its golden gates away
And named me tyrant ere I could betray
Thus was I crowned not by my own decree
But by the fear they first inscribed in me

So let them speak of monster, beast, and war
For I became exactly what they saw

And still–some fractured voice remains
A whisper buried under chains
It asks me softly through the pain
Were you lost, or were you made?

I walk a trail of fire without a path
Each scar a memory I cannot outlast
If I am wrong, then let the heavens say
Why they were silent when I lost my way

O cruel design of crown and consequence
Where innocence is sentenced without defense
What is a king, if not a caged desire?
A soul compelled to set the world on fire

I reached for peace–was answered with a blade
I spoke of unity–was met with hate
So let the ashes testify my claim
The world itself ignited Bowser's flame

I walk a trail of fire without a path
No past to heal, no future left to ask
If I must burn to prove that I exist
Then let the world remember what it missed

O cruel design of crown and consequence
Where innocence is sentenced without defense
What is a king, if not a caged desire?
A soul compelled to set the world on fire

Do you see what I see?
Do you see what I burn to be?

See, be, king, free
See, be, king, free
See, be, king, free
See, be, king, free
See, be, king, free

No, no, no, no

No, no, that's not me

You will rise
I will fall
You will take
I will crawl

Crown in fire, crown in shame (la, la, la, la)
Peace or power, same, same, same (la, la, la, la)

And I know, and I know, and I know–no, I don't, I don't (ah, ah)
And I know what I want–what I was–what I'm not (ah, ah)
And I know, and I know, and I know, I know, I know (ah, ah)
You don't know
(I know) I know
You don't know
(I know) I know

Take the throne, break the bone (da, da, da)
Take the light, make it mine (I know)
Take the throne, break the bone (da, da, da)
Take the light, make it–

Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine

Or let it go
Or let it go
Or let it go

I was king before the crown
I was strong before the doubt
I was fire without a name
Now I'm ashes spelling shame

You're a hero
No, a tyrant
You're in love
No, you're lying

Ah, who decides?

(La, la, la, la, la)
Marry the light, (burn the light)
(La, la, la, la, la)
Save the world
Rule the world

And I know and I know and I know
That I'm right, that I'm wrong, that I've waited too long
And I know and I know and I know–
Nothing
Follow the flame, follow the flame, follow the flame, follow the flame
Follow the name, follow the name, follow the name
Ra–ka–ta–ra–ka–ta–ra–ka–ta–ra–ka–ta–
Come to me (I am) I am you
(Come to me) come to me (I am) I am you
(Come to me) come to me, I am–

Listen to the king (ah)
Listen to the beast (ah)
Listen to the voice that never lets you sleep

La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la (oh)
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la (oh)

Listen to the king (ah)
Listen to the beast (ah)
Listen to the voice that never lets you sleep

La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la

I reached for peace–was answered with a blade
I spoke of unity–was met with hate
So let the ashes testify my claim
The world itself ignited Bowser's flame

I walk a trail of fire without a path
No past to heal, no future left to ask
If I must burn to prove that I exist
Then let the world remember what it missed

Please, don't!
Please, yes!

Do we?

And now, the silence speaks again
Not as a child, but what I've been
A king, a curse, a shattered end

I walk a trail of fire without a path
No soul untouched, no shadow I don't cast
If there was light, it died along the way
And I, became the dark I couldn't escape

(Without a path)
(Without a path)
Without a path