Verse 1 [Female 1, weary and bewildered] They build their walls of certainty on either side of me Each one convinced their stones are the only ones that breathe I try to walk between them, wings tucked carefully But every path I choose just makes another enemy Pre-Chorus [Female 1, growing frustration] One side shouts “Examine every truth you hold!” While guarding their own like relics made of gold Chorus [Switch to Male 1, sharp and heavy with Female 1 fragile harmony] Belief’s blade cuts from every side at once Demanding you surrender while they never drop their guns “Consider you are wrong,” they cry with righteous fire Then build the wall back higher when you ask them to inquire Belief’s blade… it only knows one way Verse 2 [Female 1, more direct and aching] They say the other’s certainty is dangerous and blind Then clutch their own assumptions like a shield against the mind No one wants to listen, only wants to make them see That the only valid mirror is the one they chose to be Bridge [Both voices, exhausted clarity] [Female 1] I came here seeking wonder, not another war of light [Switch to Male 1] But every hand that holds a blade is also bleeding in the night Final Chorus [Male 1 lead, fuller and more cutting with layered harmonies] Belief’s blade cuts from every side at once Demanding you surrender while they never drop their guns They want the other humble, open, willing to unlearn Yet treat their own foundations like the only ones that burn Belief’s blade… it wounds the ones who wield it most
