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For years I pray
With charred skin and a bleeding heart
Send me a sign
I placed flowers on altars
Lit incense to purify souls
My tears filling the brims of chalices
Why am I not loved?
Am I not worthy of your grace?
Save me from this hell I call life
My unanswered prayers burn to ash
Smoke, carrying them to the heavens above
If I set myself on fire, would I go there too?
Don’t the gods love everyone?
Even the greatest of sinners?
Do you love me, father?
If the gods are always speaking to us
Why can’t I hear them?
I’ve been waiting so long for their call
On my thirteenth year I murdered Todoroki Touya
Burned those altars of worship on Sekoto Peak
And made a deal with the devil
Cremation is a ritual
The release of the soul from its physical form
Through this, I reached my nirvana
The son of the great Endeavor is reborn
Into someone worthy of their notice
“Do you love me now?” Dabi cries to the heavens
Even the worst sinners pray to the same gods
Each night Enji sets an altar for Touya
The past never dies
An angel is sent to fly above the earth
Across the heavenly vault of the sky
Your arrival signals the beginning to an end
You aren’t a perfect angel, not even close
An avenging angel maybe, but a little martyred
Your wings stay hidden until the proper moment to strike
Intimacy is not the same as vulnerability
Yet you expose to me your weakest parts
Perhaps not all souls need a body to be felt
All for one; One for all
More like ‘All for nothing’
In the end, death awaits us all
You are the fallen who never fell
Wings stained with the blood of your sins
A protector against evil
We’re quite the pair, you and me
Sinners making fun of hell
A devil and his angel
Holding onto something never meant to stand
Those wings must bear so much weight
Why not use them to fly away?
You're only going to get burned one day
Playing with fire
This broken, grief-stricken thing I am
Dabi is the creation of a soul so wretched and ruined
Forged from the flames of his former self
The very monster it made him
I cannot imagine being saved anymore
Yet you try, despite my sins
Is that why they call you, hero ?
Nothing will ever feel the same as being loved by you
Trusting these rotten hands to hold your precious heart
You will regret it when the time comes
You are the song stuck in my head
Every song I ever loved
Sing for me, pretty bird
I love you
How I wish I had the strength
To make these feelings known
The first time you held what was left of my soul
I found myself praying for the first time in over a decade
At the very altar I cremated with my own sinful hands
When the time comes, save him
Let him know he’s loved
The way you never could for me
Savior of the damned
All it took was you
To make me a believer
To the people you are the anointed one
Worship you, they do
But none of them love you the way you deserve
Love is an altar
You, my place of worship
This chapel of us
I speak in temporaries
You promise me forever
Time is a currency I spend with you
Do not save the sinners
Save yourself
Heed my warning
Even angels cannot outrun death
Eventually, all things holy must fall
You will be no exception
Devils who prowl about the world
Seeking the ruin of souls
That’s why they call us, villain
A command direct from the gods themselves
Draw your blade; defend us in battle
Protect us from the wickedness and snares of the devil
The gods sent angels to commit their sins
Each of you a sacrificial offering
Led like a lamb to the slaughter
Cursed by your very own mother
Be strong like this guy, okay?
The martyr that you’ve always been
The flames of hell rip through your wings
Like this, an angel falls
And for a moment, I feel myself fall too
A vow between lovers
Till death do us part
My soul won’t rest in heaven
My clarion call to the gods
More than anyone
You should have kept your eyes on me
Once, you told me, “Home is with you"
Nothing lives here anymore
Candlelit prayer to a roaring pyre
"I have a great name"
It might be your wounds, father
They are my sutures
Dance with me in hell, Todoroki Enji
To the melody of this poor soul’s ruin
I want everyone to hear my symphony
I love you
Regret is a part of life
Make yours the kind you can live with
Love can be libation
I place all of mine on this altar
For the final time, I humbly pray
Can you hear me?
This is my prayer
Are you listening?
Sweet angel of mine
Follow the smoke trails of these prayers
Take my love with you when you go
Leave me in this hell to burn
Fly to the heavens
To the place you so rightfully belong