No Apologies

I didn't come to change your mind
I came to end your bloodline
No speech, no book, no holy sign
Just fire moving through time
You ask me why, you ask me how
As if it matters to you now
History remembers speed
Not the lies you make to sleep

I don't pretend this isn't wrong
I just don't care for very long
The weak explain, the strong arrive–
And leave nothing else alive

No apologies, no disguise
No heaven watching from the sky
I don't conquer to be loved
I conquer because I can
Your walls fall fast, your gods stay quiet
Your kings don't die like they planned
No mercy written in my name–
Just footprints where your world began

I don't rule ruins, I erase
Turn every future into space
Your cities feed the next advance
Your screams become the war drums' chant
You call me monster, curse my blood
But monsters don't build empires up
They burn once, then fade away–
I stayed

I don't need fear to spread my word
Survivors do it when they run
Every road you think is safe
Already knows where I've become

No apologies, no disguise
No heaven watching from the sky
I don't conquer to be loved
I conquer because I can
Your walls fall fast, your gods stay quiet
Your kings don't die like they planned
No mercy written in my name–
Just footprints where your world began

I didn't invent the violence–
I perfected it
I didn't dream of empire–
I outpaced it
You dress your wars in prettier lies
I just arrive

No apologies, no regret
No lessons learned, no debts unpaid
If there's a line, I cross it clean
If there's a future, I erase
You pray for time, I give you none
You beg for meaning, I give ground
Remember this when empires fall
I didn't lie
I won

No crown
No 'cause
Only conquest