Branded
Kayak Lyrics

I've been called many names, even painted a traitor
I have been given and called with numerous unflattering labels that include being labeled as a betrayer.

Born just to be my father's doom
I was born just for the sole purpose of being the cause of the downfall of my own father.

A pawn to be used sooner or later
My father saw me as a mere pawn who he can use at any time to suit his own interests.

But already cursed inside the womb
Even before my birth, there was already a curse upon my life.

How can I forgive the man
In what way can I learn to pardon my father after everything he has done to me?

Who'd devise a plan
My father's plan or scheme that he intended to execute.

Meant to kill his own blood
My father's plan was to murder his very own child.

Sending boys my age out on the sea
He sent a group of young men that are roughly similar in age as me to be at sea.

Hoping one of them was me
With every breath, my father prayed that at least one of those young men was me.

Just to be free
He sends these boys out to sea hoping that he can be free and rid of his son.

Now I'm branded
Because of my father's lies and treachery, my name is tainted with an abhorrent label.

Stranded
I am left abandoned with not a single soul to turn to and nowhere to go.

Like an evil spirit lost in time
I am like a malevolent entity erased from time itself, all because of my father's actions.

Branded
A heavy weight of shame and dishonor carried because of my father's wickedness and betrayal.

Left empty handed
All I have left is my empty hands with nothing to hold onto.

But I'll be back and claim what's mine
I will return and claim what I rightfully deserve.

He's wrong to believe that he can defy me
My father is incorrect to assume that he is stronger than me and can defeat me.

'Cause I won't rest till justice is done
Until I attain justice and fairness, I will never rest or stop fighting.

I've got a right that he can't deny me
I have certain rights that even my father cannot refuse or take away from me.

His incestuous rebel bastard son
My father's illegitimate and rebellious child born out of incestuous relations.

Only waiting for the right time
I am patiently waiting, conserving my strength for the perfect time to strike.

I'll take the Crown by sheer surprise
I will take away his presumed right to the throne all of a sudden and unexpectedly.

Confront him with his lies
I will expose my father for the deceiver that he is and make him pay for his transgressions.

He'll pay the price
My father will have to suffer the consequences of his treachery and traitorous ways.

That night I made him lose his innocence
That fateful night was when I took away his innocence and created an eternal bond of filial animosity.

His only heir begotten in ignorance
The only surviving heir that my father brought into being that he had no clue about from the start.

Found me and raised me
He could have found me and raised me but he did not do so.

But he chose to hate me instead
He opted to loathe and hate me instead of showing me love and affection like all fathers should.

For what you did there is no remedy
There is no cure or solution for what my father did and the path that he chose.

You took his seed to make his enemy
My father created his own enemy by giving life to me through his own seed.

Befriend and protect you
My father will not befriend and protect me like a loving father should have done.

No, he only wanted you dead!
My father's true desires were to see me meet my untimely end than to have me live in peace and love.

We're branded
Both me and my father carry the mark of dishonor and shame because of our twisted relationship.

Branded
The label that defines us and the burden of my father's sins.