Intro (Slow, deliberate riff — weight before motion) (Feels like a truth settling in, not arriving suddenly) Verse I They promised calm, they promised rest. A life relieved of the unrest. They showed us charts, they showed us lines. Where peace was drawn in perfect signs But nothing free was ever clean Nothing given came unseen. Every silence has a price. Paid in something sacrificed Pre-Chorus They never lied, they never stole. They only asked for parts of the soul. Chorus This is the cost of peace. Not written, not disclosed Every comfort comes at a loss. That no one chose This is the cost of peace. Not blood, not war, not flame Just the quiet disappearance Of who we became Verse II No screams were heard, no borders crossed. No one noticed what was lost. No sirens warned, no banners fell. Just a few stories left to tell They called it mercy, called it care. Called it progress everywhere But every life they made secure. Left less alive than before Pre-Chorus They didn’t take, they didn’t seize. They made forgetting feel like ease. Chorus This is the cost of peace. No scars to trace Only the absence of resistance On every face This is the cost of peace. No enemy in sight Just a world that stopped asking If this were right Bridge (Half-time, heavy, reflective) If peace demands we disappear. Then tell me— What exactly are we saving here? (Backing vocals, low and unified) “What remains?” “What remains?” Solo Section (Measured, sombre solo — no flash, all weight) Final Chorus (Extended) This is the cost of peace. No fire, no pain, no sound Just the steady erasure What made us human now This is the cost of peace. Paid quietly, in full Not with lives… But with the will Outro (Spoken, calm, final) Peace was achieved. The question is… Who was left to enjoy it?
