[Verse 1] Thebes sent its banners north at dawn, Bronze wheels cut the barley down. They called the northern names in rows, And wrote the state across their homes. [Verse 2] Moses knew the palace gate, The guard rotations, seals, and weight. The smiths kept quiet, counted keys, Then emptied vaults by lamp and breeze. [Pre-Chorus] The gold-clad chest went under cloth, The river took the footprints off. A sluice was raised; the channel thinned, And chariots sank where reeds grew in. [Chorus] Break the seal, carry the fire, Take the road beyond the wire. Not owned by crown, not bound by name— The law will travel, flame to flame. [Verse 3] High in the cleft, the acacia burned, A bitter breath; the night was turned. Moses came down with words made plain: One measure for the strong and slain. [Pre-Chorus] But hands below grew tired of wait, They poured old comfort into shape. A calf of gold, bright, blunt, and still, A vote to bend the future’s will. [Chorus] Break the seal, carry the fire, Take the road beyond the wire. Not owned by crown, not bound by name— The law will travel, flame to flame. [Bridge] He saw the casting, heard the cry, The old bull raised against the sky. He broke the mold; the crowd stood bare, No gilded past could shelter there. [Final Chorus] Pass the lamb beneath the door, Let the ram’s horn split the shore. From bull to ram, the season changed, The road ahead was wide and strange. Break the seal, carry the fire, Take the road beyond the wire. Not owned by crown, not bound by name— The law will travel, flame to flame. [Outro] One horn calls out across the sand. The open road. The empty hand.
