Verse 1 You spoke of halls beneath the stone Where thought is sharpened into bone Where every mind must stand alone Inside a truth the world disowns Verse 2 No sunlight reaches through the floor No rector knows what waits below No lectures echo at the door Where older forms of learning grow Pre-Chorus Candles stitched the vaulted air With trembling gold that lingered there And every shadow seemed aware Of minds too curious to spare Chorus A society without windows Where the lanterns never fade Where the brightest thought still trembles At the bargains thinkers made A society without windows Where the careful rules collapse Every answer carved in silence Every question laid as traps Verse 3 The table carved in ancient grain Had heard a thousand whispered claims Of theories reason could not tame And names too dangerous to name Verse 4 A dozen chairs in solemn ring Awaited minds that dared to bring The fragile crown of questioning To break the cage of everything Bridge You said the world prefers its sleep While careful minds count borrowed sheep But truth is something buried deep In places daylight cannot keep And those who seek it must agree To lose what lesser men call free Final Chorus A society without windows Where the candles learn your face Where the weight of every question Leaves a shadow in its place A society without windows Where the clever come to stand At the border of their reason With a lantern in their hand
