(Verse 1) He stands up tall on a golden stage, Words like fire, but no calm in his gaze, Promises echo through the gilded halls, Truth gets lost in the curtain calls. Speaks of power, speaks of pain, Every headline feels the strain, While the world watches, hearts undone, Truth slips quiet, like the setting sun. (Chorus) Shadows on the stage, they stretch so long, Echoes of the lies become the song, He’s counting gold while the people bleed, Deals in rhetoric, sows the seed. Of fear and rumor, hearts out of tune, Shadows on the stage beneath a broken moon. (Verse 2) He counts the cost in dollar signs, Trades the truth for dotted lines, Says he cares while turning wheels, Of profit churned in ivory fields. Empty threats to distant lands, Hands held tight in iron bands, Roads iced over with our tears, We walk them still through mounting years. (Bridge) Tell me where the mercy goes, In the whispers no one knows, When the strong speak loud and cruel, Do they mourn the broken rule? (Chorus) Shadows on the stage, they stretch so long, Echoes of the lies become the song, He’s counting gold while the people bleed, Deals in rhetoric, sows the seed. Of fear and rumor, hearts out of tune, Shadows on the stage beneath a broken moon. (Outro) We sing for truth in the open light, For hearts that heal, for wrongs made right, May the words we choose rise from deceit, And find the path where justice meets.
