We're Both Nobles by Rian Makar

[Verse 1] Polished shoes, polite goodbyes — I learned how to stand and smile You wear the alley like a coat, your courage dressed in spray and style They teach me titles, teach me rules; you teach the night to breathe Two different kinds of armor, two ways of learning how to leave [Pre-Chorus] When the lanterns lower, both our shadows lean the same One with ribbon at her throat, one with paint that knows no name [Chorus] We’re both nobles — not by wax or crest, but by the things we give You stake your colors on the wall; I keep a little life to live You’re noble in your danger, I’m noble in my care Different hands, the same soft dare — we stand both noble there [Verse 2] You sketch the city sideways, turn grey corners into flight I tuck my small rebellions in the pockets of the night They’ll say the throne is only brass; they’ll call our choices strange But nobility’s a heartbeat — a small, defiant change [Pre-Chorus] I bring a song to quiet him, you bring a wing to break the wall Both of us keeping something safe, both answering the call [Chorus] We’re both nobles — not by wax or crest, but by the things we give You stake your colors on the wall; I keep a little life to live You’re noble in your danger, I’m noble in my care Different hands, the same soft dare — we stand both noble there [Bridge (synth swell, warm guitar)] If nobility is measured by how lightly we can hold the brave Then hold my hand beneath the streetlight and teach me how to save I’ll teach you how to bow when morning asks for grace You’ll teach me how to vanish with a smile across your face [Chorus (lifted)] We’re both nobles — not by paper, not by name or show You paint the midnight bravely; I keep the daylight slow You’re noble in the chaos, I’m noble in my calm Two small crowns, two different vows — two halves of the same song [Outro (close-mic, fading synth)] When guests applaud the proper lines and daybreak irons truth, We’ll trade a secret nod and go about our quiet proof We’re both nobles — in the hush, where only we can see Two soft crowns in the harbor — the night knows you and me.