[Verse I] I learned your name in a bad place, Where prayers don't mean shit. The walls were carved with apologies From gods that never meant it. I didn’t come to save you, I didn’t come to be clean. I'll stand with you where the floor gave out And never leave the scene. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t ask for absolution. I don’t kneel. I don’t confess. Whatever comes to claim you next Can take me in the mess. [Chorus] If you’re marked and dragged below, If the pit learns how to breathe, I will stay where it burns with you And rot deliberately. If the void should swallow you whole, I have enough fire for two. I don’t stand here for forgiveness. I stay because I choose. [Verse II] I’ve watched saints rot from the inside, Watched virtue learn to lie. I’ve seen mercy blink first And leave the innocent behind. When the knives come out smiling, When the crowd wants something to eat, I don’t move to higher ground. I stand where the blood still speaks. [Pre-Chorus II] I won’t promise this ends well. I won’t claim it has a point. I just know when things turn violent I won't walk out of this joint. [Chorus] If the world calls you unclean, If it sharpens law and flame, I will stay where it burns with you And never change my name. Let the dark call itself justice, Let the sky pretend it’s right. I don’t leave when the altar tips. I stay inside the firelight. [Bridge] This isn’t faith. This isn’t hope. This is standing after both collapse. If the cross turns into a weapon, If the hymn starts to sound like a threat, I won’t look away to stay alive. I’ll be there when it’s said. [Final Chorus] When the last clean thing breaks apart, When the truth is torn in half, I will stay where it burns with you In the aftermath. No rescue. No disguise. No claim the pain has meaning. Just this vow from deeper shadows I stay when everything is leaving. [Outro] No light promised. No end in sight. Just standing together In the same dark night.
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