Finding the Enemy

Contemporary folk-rock ballad featuring acoustic guitar, electric bass, and male vocals, The arrangement centers on a rhythmic acoustic guitar strumming pattern in 4/4 time at 78 BPM in the key of G major, A clean electric bass guitar enters during the first verse, providing melodic counterpoint with slides and syncopated eighth notes, The lead male vocal is a warm baritone with light natural vibrato and subtle room reverb, During the chorus, a second acoustic guitar layer adds high-register strumming, and harmony vocals provide a third-interval stack, The bridge features a breakdown with palm-muted acoustic guitar and a more intimate vocal delivery before building back into a final chorus with increased strumming intensity and vocal ad-libs

I've been sharpening my words like they were weapons Thinking I was righteous in my certainty I looked at the world and saw a battleground But I forgot to look at who I'd become I'm tired of being angry and calling it truth It's a heavy weight to carry this much hate And tell myself it's for the greater good The poison isn't hiding in the town square Or lurking in the people I don't understand It's right here in the details of my pride Feeding me the lie that I'm the only one who's right I'm finding the enemy inside my own inside Inside, deep inside I see the weight of the ancient wars The Saxon blood and the sand of the desert Men who thought they were the righteous soldiers While they were just making more graves It's a self-fulfilling prophecy of pain And I'm just another link in that long chain Unless I choose to break it today The poison isn't hiding in the town square Or lurking in the people I don't understand It's right here in the details of my pride Feeding me the lie that I'm the only one who's right I'm finding the enemy inside my own inside Right here inside If I want to build a world that's actually just I have to start by tearing down my own walls I'm putting the stones back on the ground I'm learning how to breathe without a grudge I'll learn to see the human before I see the labels See the human The poison isn't hiding in the town square Or lurking in the people I don't understand It's right here in the details of my pride Feeding me the lie that I'm the only one who's right I'm finding the enemy inside my own heart Love is the only way back The only way back Love is the only way back The only way

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