They Opened The Gates

I didn't come with half an army
Just a rumor and a smile
You were already split in pieces
I just walked your fragile miles
I learned your language, wore your skin
Learned who you feared, who'd never win
I didn't kick the doors down hard–
You opened them
And called it fate

I don't fight gods, I let them fall
I don't break walls, I ask at all
When trust collapses from inside
The strongest empire slowly dies

They opened the gates, they handed the keys
They chose me over what they used to be
I didn't need numbers, steel or fire–
Just hunger dressed as desire
When brothers turn and blood divides
The end doesn't come from the outside
I didn't conquer what I faced–
I watched it cave in its own shape

Every promise sounded clean
Every lie wore something sacred
I never forced you to betray–
I just made it feel like safety
You thought the threat was in my hands
But it lived inside your plans
I didn't teach you how to fall–
I just showed you
Where to lean

I don't erase, I rearrange
Make collapse feel like a change
By the time you say we were strong
The word we has already gone

They opened the gates, they handed the keys
They chose me over what they used to be
I didn't need numbers, steel or fire–
Just hunger dressed as desire
When brothers turn and blood divides
The end doesn't come from the outside
I didn't conquer what I faced–
I watched it cave in its own shape

You call it invasion
I call it cooperation
No walls were broken–
Only trust

They opened the gates, they begged for peace
Traded their future for relief
No final battle, no last stand
Just shaking hands and broken lands
If history needs someone to blame
They'll carve my name into the page
But empires don't die by foreign hands–
They die
When they agree

I didn't bring the end
I arrived
On time