Peace Medal on Credit

country, Sparse indie alt-pop, close-mic female vocals, dry room sound, Fingerpicked acoustic guitar with subtle tremolo, soft bass, and brushed snare building to a frustrated half-shout in the chorus, Brief piano doubles the hook, then drops back, Intimate mix, vocal right up front, small-room reverb for a confessional, uneasy feel, world

[Verse 1] Peace medal on credit signed in someone else’s name She smiles for the cameras while they redraw the map again How do you buy a country that never had a price tag on it Shake hands over borders like lines on a napkin [Chorus] How can we approve it when the deal feels wrong When a shiny round promise gets passed like a bond How can we approve it if the cost is blood A medal held high while the ground turns mud [Verse 2] Old maps on the table ink fading, still it stains They once split the ocean now they’re carving out new claims Hemispheres like fences name tags on every shore Call it fair, call it progress but I just hear drums of war [Chorus] [Bridge] She says, “This is justice” as she gives her prize away But a borrowed halo can’t turn night into day If peace is a contract signed over someone’s land Tell me where the mercy is in that shaking hand [Chorus]

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