(Verse 1)
They say the law is etched in stone
A simple truth for all to own
But there's a violence you don't see
A silent kind of felony
A careless word, a cutting lie
A poison arrow in the sky
It shoots a hole right through the soul
And leaves a person feeling cold
(Chorus)
Do not murder, they command
But who can stop the killing hand
That strikes the hope within a heart?
Tears the fragile dreams apart?
The wounds that never bleed or scar
Are the ones that travel way too far
So I will fight this war inside
And bring the gentle peace I've tried to hide
(Verse 2)
I see the battles fought in pain
Beneath the falling of the rain
The way we chip away at trust
And leave our better selves in dust
The quiet deaths of self-belief
A private, agonizing grief
We kill the kindness we possess
Then wonder why we feel so stressed
(Chorus)
Do not murder, they command
But who can stop the killing hand
That strikes the hope within a heart?
Tears the fragile dreams apart?
The wounds that never bleed or scar
Are the ones that travel way too far
So I will fight this war inside
And bring the gentle peace I've tried to hide
(Bridge)
The world gets loud, it gets so mean
It pulls us into this dark scene
But I will heal the wounds I find
The ones that only touch the mind
I'll build a strength that can't be broken
Speak a better word that's spoken
(Chorus)
Do not murder, they command
And I will fight the killing hand
That strikes the hope within a heart
And tears the fragile dreams apart
The wounds that never bleed or scar
Are the ones that travel way too far
So I will fight this war inside
And bring the gentle peace I've tried to hide
