Stand

**Verse 1**

They said stay quiet, stay small, stay tame

Fold your fire, play their game

Smile pretty, bite your tongue

Truth’s too sharp for anyone

**Pre-Chorus**

But my bones hum loud

Like a warning drum

If I break their crown

I might become one

**Chorus**

I stand for what I believe

Even if it swallows me

Even if the sky turns red

Even if it wants me dead

Hands up high — let it rain

Ash and glory feel the same

If the world won’t let me learn

I’ll stand… and watch it burn

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**Verse 2**

They love heroes when they fall

Build statues, break them all

Call you brave, call you wild

Call you monster after a while

**Pre-Chorus**

Hear that chant grow teeth

Hear it start to bite

Every truth I speak

Starts another fight

**Chorus**

I stand for what I believe

Even if it swallows me

Even if the sky turns red

Even if it wants me dead

Hands up high — let it rain

Ash and glory feel the same

If the world won’t let me learn

I’ll stand… and watch it burn

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**Bridge (dark twist)**

What if I’m not right?

What if I’m the flame?

What if all this light

Spells another name?

Crowds don’t see the line

When it starts to blur

Saints and tyrants rhyme

When their voices slur

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**Final Chant (crowd-style)**

Stand! — even if I fall

Stand! — hear the sirens call

Stand! — truth or nothing left

Stand! — righteousness or death

**Final Line (quiet)**

If I’m wrong…

at least I burned for something.