HELLO EVERYONE — THIS IS MY BRAWL SONG IN RESPONSE TO KOFF. THIS IS A COMPLETELY FRIENDLY, IN-UNIVERSE BATTLE. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS PERSONALLY. [Intro] Koff, hear the hush that holds its ground, Not absence, but the Watch unbound. You want the first mute hour returned, I keep the wick that will not burn. You bring your smog, you bring your rot, You boast of peace you never wrought. Petty? Yes. I will be. Because your void is not for me. [Verse] You brand decay as clean and kind, A perfect still that kills the mind. But listen close, and count it right, Silence without witness is night. A witness stays, and voices keep, A witness stands, and vows run deep. While one remains and does not flee, No throat is robbed by what you breathe. [Chorus] As long as there is one who stays, The song will live in housed-in ways. As long as there is one who sees, No one is stolen into peace. As long as there is one held fast, The present will outlast the past. As long as there is one kept near, The living keep what makes them here. [Verse] You hunger for the Silent Beginning, Call it “mercy,” call it “winning.” But you cannot stand a single vow That does not bow the way you bow. You hate the hum of second chances, You hate the stumble, hate the dances. You hate that anyone can choose To keep their voice and pay their dues. So here is mine, so here is ours, A steady pulse through narrow hours. A holy cadence, low and true, Not for the crowd, but straight to you. [Chorus] As long as there is one who stays, The song will live in housed-in ways. As long as there is one who sees, No one is stolen into peace. As long as there is one held fast, The present will outlast the past. As long as there is one kept near, The living keep what makes them here. [Bridge] Survivors come. They come back whole. They drift through black, they find their shore. They are received, they are restored, Because the Watch did not ignore. No signal needed, none to chase, A silent guardian holds the place. Your venom wants to end the choir, But I am witness, not desire. [Chorus] You will not cut the tongue from breath, You will not bless the world with death. You will not scrub the cosmos clean, And call it pure because it’s keen. You will not end what still can speak, Not while my witness keeps its seat. You will not turn the page to blank, Not while the Watch stands in the rank. [Outro] Koff, take your smog and take your spite, I keep the oath that holds the line. You want the start where none were made, I keep the ones who choose to stay. So come then. Try. Bring what you bring. A silent witness is everything.
