Intro - Builds from acoustic to electric] [Acoustic guitar, then electric guitar joins] [Verse 1] They taught me in school to memorize the answers Not to question who wrote the test Said follow the experts, trust the credentials They know what's right, they know what's best But something didn't sit right in my gut When the experts kept changing their minds So I started asking: who benefits from Keeping people dependent and blind? [Pre-Chorus] I went to the library, I went to the mountains I went looking for authentic truth Not manufactured authority But something I could prove [Chorus] Right is might, not might is right Real authority comes from what you can verify Not from diplomas hanging on a wall Or institutions too big to fall Right is might, I'll stake my life On evidence and reason over manufactured lies You can keep your scholastic trap I'm taking the Socratic path back [Verse 2] Francis Bacon died four hundred years ago But his method's still alive in me Question everything, test it in the fire That's how you find what's true and free The Bacon Society published my work In a journal older than my great-grandfather's birth Not because I had the right degree But because I did the work to prove it had worth [Pre-Chorus] I didn't need permission from the gatekeepers I needed proof from my own hands And the wilderness became my university The stars became my examination stands [Chorus] Right is might, not might is right Real authority comes from what you can verify Not from diplomas hanging on a wall Or institutions too big to fall Right is might, I'll stake my life On evidence and reason over manufactured lies You can keep your scholastic trap I'm taking the Socratic path back [Bridge - Electric guitar solo, building] They built a system to make you need them Education designed to make you meek But independent thinking is a survival skill And sovereignty is what I seek Four pillars of authentic truth: Can you verify it? Can you reproduce it? Does it align with natural law? Does it make you free or does it chain you to their cause? [Final Chorus - Full band, anthemic] Right is might, not might is right Real authority comes from what you can verify I don't need experts to tell me how to live When the mountains taught me everything they couldn't give Right is might, I'll stake my life On independence over institutional lies Complexity by design, yeah, that's my moat But the complexity is freedom—that's the antidote [Outro - Electric guitar fading] Right is might Right is might That's the authentic fight [End]
