[Verse 1]
Smoke on the waterline
Ash in the air like a warning sign
They draw their circles in the dirt
Laugh while they bargain with hurt
Gold on their crooked crowns
Hands full of fear
Pushing people down
I feel the tremor in my chest
Something waking
Won’t let me rest
[Chorus]
I am the moral compass
Spinning toward the light inside
You can bend the story
Twist the sky
But my heart decides
Heroes rise from ruin
Every scar a battle cry
When the line is drawn
When the dark moves closer
I will stand
I will stand on the side
Of the right
[Verse 2]
They call it “order” when they steal
Dress up their hunger
Say it’s for the realm’s shield
False crowns
Polished with pain
Turn every promise into a chain
But I’ve seen mercy change a room
One open hand outshout a doom
Every time their shadows spread
We plant lanterns instead
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
You point your blade at the gentle
Say kindness is weakness
A flaw
But every quiet act of courage
Bends the world
Bends the law
This is the line in the sand
Choose who you are
Where you stand
Not just in legends or songs
In the hurt
In the wrong
In the wrong
[long powerful high note]
[Chorus]