The Moment You Say No

workday country-soul, brushed snare, upright-feel bass, clean electric guitar answering the vocal, male grainy and human, female second room harmony, chorus opens like a chest not a stadium, 30 percent prophetic hush 70 percent classic American radio, silence before last hook, no CCM sheen, no tropical, no funk costume, no metal

[Title] THE MOMENT YOU SAY NO [Intro] [Silence] [Male] Fear talked first like it always does Told my hands what the flesh should run Told my mouth to strike back hard Told my feet to leave the yard Same old pulse on a workday floor Same two shoes by the same old door One eye watching what meat will do Betting I fold like the others do [Verse] [Male] I felt the heat climb up my neck I felt the script I know too well Protect yourself, return the blade Hide in the dark, let love get late The body knew the cheapest move The cheap move felt like it was true Then something quiet filled the room Not might, not power—another rule [Pre-Chorus] [Male] Fear said move [Female] Love said stand [Both] Two voices in an ordinary man [Chorus] [Both] Fear said move Love said stand For once I didn't do What fear demands No fire show, no headline war Just one small no on a kitchen floor Fear can push the body through It cannot make the love I choose [Turn] [Silence] [Both] Same heartbeat Same two hands Same cheap clock Different plan [Verse] [Male] I did not name the witnesses I did not hunt a famous face I watched my own feet almost run [Female] Then love stood quiet in that place [Both] Not by might, nor by power A choice made in a nothing hour Fear can count the fleshly move It cannot force the love I choose [Pre-Chorus] [Male] Fear said hide [Female] Love said stay [Both] And I said no in a quieter way [Chorus] [Both] Fear said move Love said stand For once I didn't do What fear demands Be not overcome of evil Overcome evil with good The war was not a distant sky It was the next thing that I would [Bridge] [Female] He first loved us That is the start [Male] Fear can threaten Fear can push [Both] But love came first From the heart of God I love Him Because He first loved me One ordinary no And fear did not move me [Outro] [Silence] Same pulse New meaning Same world New standing They don't know yet He does [Hard Stop] Jesus is the Lord.

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