[Niko]
I will stand up. Yeah.
Even in the face of fear,
I won't let you down. No.
Because they trusted me to be
Stronger than you.
I'm no longer the fodder you knew,
Now, I go harder than lava that's cooled,
Like diamonds, I'm rocking a new
Image, crystal clear vision, 20/10,
I'm moving on with my crew,
Finishing what I began. And if I can't? So what if I can't?
Then what? I'd rather die than abandon my friends.
No lie, I could gather the strength.
Friendship is magic, and my magic's my friends,
I only have it when I'm standing with them.
I can't stand that you had them imprisoned
And you can't have envisioned
How mad I was feeling when I glanced at them gripping
On, just barely living, I could've strangled your freaking
Neck if you hadn't been in control with a snap of your fingers.
Still... It lingers on my mind that what if I had tried to
Fight instead of looking behind you.
You could've won even on one on two.
So maybe cause I wasn't strong, to-
Gether, we were stronger than you.
Nah!
I didn't fear to be defeated by you.
It was clear in magnitude of our duel.
Your attitude wouldn't cool,
As luck would have it, the pure
Cataclysm we brewed up blew
Up my home but a new one grew up. I know
I won't last long if I don't stand strong.
It wouldn't surprise, no, I wouldn't pass off
As a good example of how to realize those
Ideals, I feel the need to see to that flaw.
So I ask why do it, why you threw it all away,
For a stupid, foolish call to play
God and ruin the place I'd loved and stayed,
But I was on the way and wanted to stop and say,
"Thanks."
While facing you, I blew
Away my hesitation to go to
New places. To space is pure specu-
Lation, so I might be wrong:
If it's a Steven Universe, this is the Twilight Zone. Yeah!
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