More Than My Name - Ashen Crown

More Than My Name I remember golden halls Before the smoke consumed the walls A father's voice, a mother's hand A boy too young to understand Then everything I knew was gone No home behind, no road beyond I carried nothing through that night But what they gave me for the flight I thought surviving was enough Just breathe, keep moving, don't look back But every mile that kept me safe Could never give my childhood back They gave me blood They gave me birth But neither one Could prove my worth I am more than my name More than the blood running through my veins If I return, it won't be For everything they took from me I won't ask men to die So I can sit where my father once sat If I ever raise my hand It will be for those Who cannot raise theirs back They made a story from my ghost A whispered hope from coast to coast A faceless prince they kept alive While I was learning to survive They sang a man I hadn't been Braver than the boy within And every word they passed around Became another weight I found I never asked to be their sign I never chose their hope as mine But if my name can make them stand Then I must learn to understand A name can open Ancient doors But what comes after Must be yours I am more than my name More than the blood running through my veins I won't return just to reclaim A broken throne and family name Let others speak of destiny I know what choice has made of me If I ever wear a crown It must be earned Before it's handed down I still remember father's voice I still remember mother's hands The night I ran while everything I ever knew was lost behind For years I dreamed that I'd return And somehow make the broken whole But vengeance cannot wake the dead Or give me back the life they stole The past has taken all it can The living need me where I stand Keep every song they made of me Keep every story, keep the crown I will not rise because of blood Or what my father handed down And if one day they call me king Let them remember how I stood Not for the name that I was given But for the man I chose to be I AM MORE THAN MY NAME MORE THAN THE BLOOD RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS TAKE EVERY TITLE TAKE EVERY CLAIM I'LL STILL DECIDE THE MAN I BECOME I won't ask them to bleed For a throne that once belonged to me But if they stand for home and hope Then I will stand where they can see No birth can make me worthy No crown can make me just I was born into a name I'LL GIVE THEM A MAN THEY CAN TRUST Not for vengeance Not for glory Not because the blood is mine For the living For tomorrow For the ones still left behind I was born into a name But a name could never make the man I will carry what remains And become the man I am