[Verse 1] The echo has faded The noise has settled The horizon is blank The path is unsettled Before ruin was fact, blame was a calculated tack We were only the vehicles on a predetermined track But the loop is broken, the cycle suspended The innocence of destiny is ended If every moment now flows from intent and every action is a choice that is sent There is no code to excuse us, there is no logic to define The future is ours and the burden is mine [Chorus] We must build the new world in the silence of control We are the architects and we must pay the toll This is the cost of choice, the weight of the uncertainty This is the cost of choice, accountability is me [Verse 2] If you can choose to love, you can choose to hate There is no algorithm to see our fate We must own the shadows and forgive the light We are responsible for every day and every night [Chorus] This is the cost of choice And the truth sets us free and heavy We are naked in the moment, the map is a lie We cannot blame the system when the innocent die The system is us, the code is conscious will The ruin is possible if we choose to stand still We must choose the good now, every cycle, every breath
