You can feel it before it breaks Not noise, just weight Like something leaning too long On a door that wasn’t built to move I clock in, I pay my share I live inside the lines they drew They say the system’s falling apart But only when it applies to you Names signed, oaths spoken Long before we showed up here You don’t get to skip the rules Then act shocked when they’re still clear Every rule ignored Leaves a mark in the ground You don’t notice the shift Till the floor gives out It only takes one line crossed Before the balance tilts You don’t tear the rulebook open Then act surprised by what it kills I’m not asking for forgiveness I’m not asking for grace I’m asking why the law Gets treated like it’s optional some days A line is a line for a reason A line is a line for a reason They call it cruelty on the screen Say order’s just another crime But rules don’t pick favorites They only work when they’re applied Bad actors hide in numbers Truth gets buried under sound And standing where you’re told to stand Gets called “burning the whole thing down” Every excuse stacked Like weight on a frame Till the structure bends And nobody says its name It only takes one law ignored Before the ground goes thin You don’t call it “standing up” When the cracks start caving in This isn’t where you came from Or the name you claim It’s what happens when the rules Stop meaning the same A line is a line for a reason A line is a line for a reason I don’t want sirens every night I don’t want streets on edge I want a place strong enough To mean what it says You don’t fix a wall by pulling nails And calling it repair You don’t keep the peace By pretending no one’s there It only takes one law upheld To slow the downward slide One moment where the line holds And nobody steps aside I don’t want power I don’t want a fight I want a country that remembers Why the line was drawn A line is a line for a reason A line is a line for a reason
