Before the Throne (Lore song)

This is lore song based on my character when he was younger. He was more primal, more savage, unrestrained. [Intro] [Verse 1] Before the halls were carved, before the name was burned in stone Before the seat of power, before the throne was ever known The weight before the reckoning, the wound that split the pain No law, no limit, no refrain I tore without a chain The air around me bled with pressure, cold without an end There was nothing in this wretched dark I did not break or bend They did not serve me in those days they survived me if they could I was not cruel, I was not kind I was not understood [Pre-Chorus] Not a name a pressure Not a king a fracture Built and burned without a thought I fought because the fight was sought [Chorus] Before the throne I was the storm I was the cold that cracked the form Before the law, before the grief A force that crushed all disbelief Everything the realm could not grieve A devastation none conceived No crown, no king, no hallowed ground A force to be survived — not crowned [Breakdown 1] I — WAS — NOT — CRUEL I — HAD — NO — RULE I — WAS — THE — WEIGHT BEFORE — THE — GATE [Verse 2] I held opinions like a tempest snapping every tree it breaks I turned without a second thought and never weighed the stakes I raised great things across the years and burned them when they bored I did not know that patience was the sharpest kind of sword I carved through consequence like smoke and left it in my wake My power had no ceiling then but neither did its waste They wrote me not as lord or king in those most ancient days They wrote me as the thing that passed and set the world ablaze [Pre-Chorus] Not a name, a pressure Not a king, a fracture Built and burned without a thought I fought because the fight was sought [Chorus] Before the throne I was the storm I was the cold that cracked the form Before the law, before the grief A force that crushed all disbelief Everything the realm could not grieve A devastation none conceived No crown, no king, no hallowed ground A force to be survived not crowned [Bridge] I was not cruel cruelty demands intent I simply existed and the world around me bent Indifferent to the ruin, indifferent to the awe Very old in power very young in law Not a kingdom just a territory Not a legend just a warning Something to be weathered, something to be crossed A force without a direction and a cost [Breakdown 2] BEFORE — THE — NAME BEFORE — THE — FRAME I — WAS — THE — STORM I — CRACKED — THE — FORM [Instrumental Drop] [Final Chorus] Before the throne I was the storm I was the cold that cracked the form I learned that patience breaks what force cannot I learned the weight of every realm I'd wrought I learned the cost of every war I'd fought Now I am the silence the storm forgot