[Intro - low cello ostinato, bass pulse] [Male Lead - clear, close] Deus sub iudicio. God beneath the gaze of man. If thou knew before the cry, each falling tear, each child to die, if every wound was known to thee— why let the wound come knowingly? [Gregorian Choir Only - distant] Deus... [Male Lead] If thou couldst turn the blade aside, still the flood, or stem the tide, yet left the helpless where they lay— what name shall mercy bear that day? [Dry drums enter] [Male Lead] If thou art love, yet grief remains, if thou art power, yet none restrains, if all is seen before it starts— which truth survives when suffering starts? [Brief silence] [Male Lead - restrained] To know, yet not prevent. To love, yet not descend. To hold all power in thy hand— and leave the innocent where they stand. [Low choir] Deus... [Male Lead - building] If thou knew and couldst have spared the grief thy children broke and bore, if love was thine as we were told— why leave them weeping at thy door? [Guitar enters, low and restrained] If thou wouldst save but lacked the might, why call thee God of earth and light? And if thou couldst, yet wouldst not rise— what mercy lives behind those eyes? [Instrumental - bass, cello, drums] [Male Lead] And if thy sight beheld it all before the first of mortals' fall, then every grief beneath the sun was known before the world begun. [Band pulls back] [Male Lead - very clear] We ask no thunder. Give no sign. No burning sky. No voice divine. Only this before we part: how can such power bear such a heart? [Long pause] [Gregorian Choir Only] Deus sub iudicio... [Final section - slow rise, full band but lead dominant] [Male Lead] If all is known, each tear is seen. If all is power, each wound can cease. If all is good, no needless pain— how then can all three still remain? [Band drops] All-knowing. All-powerful. All-good. [Pause] [Close male vocal] The world stands witness. [One low final chord]
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