VERSE 1 Train drag iron through the midnight sparks write names then disappear I learned young every order got a voice freedom don't Bus brakes breathe doors open I don't move every road ain't mine just because it passes through Used to think a blade meant power hand on steel ready waiting on somebody else's word to tell me what was necessary Funny when the orders stop you finally hear how loud obedience was Now every choice got my name on it no master left to blame No voice above my shoulder saying strike stay go change Just consequence walking beside me quiet as a shadow that knows my real name HOOK I walk alone but I ain't lost I don't speak just to hear myself talk No master no chain no throne to claim Silence got a language if you listen long enough I walk alone but I ain't lost Freedom got a weight and I carry the cost VERSE 2 City talking all night horns argue with sirens rail underneath concrete keeping its own timing Everybody selling direction billboards screens prophets brands Everybody got a map for a man who stopped asking where they want him to stand I learned stillness in motion That's different Can sit inside noise without letting noise decide my attention Sovereign don't mean nobody matters Means when I meet you I arrive as myself No kneeling for power No hunger for followers No trading my freedom to sit on somebody else's shelf I don't need a kingdom Give me enough ground for one honest footprint Enough breath to know when the next step is mine HOOK I walk alone but I ain't lost I don't speak just to hear myself talk No master no chain no throne to claim Silence got a language if you listen long enough I walk alone but I ain't lost Freedom got a weight and I carry the cost VERSE 3 Some nights the silence asks questions Not peaceful ones Who are you when nobody commands you Who are you when nobody applauds What survives when the enemy leaves What do you cut when the battle is yours I know what a sword can divide Learning what it can't Can't cut memory from blood can't sever yesterday from consequence can't threaten truth into changing can't carve peace out of violence and call the wound transcendence So sometimes the strongest hand stays open Sometimes the sharpest answer never leaves the mouth Sometimes freedom is having every reason to strike and choosing something else Train disappears underground Trumpet somewhere behind brick and smoke Bus pulls off Footsteps fade Whole city still moving I stand still long enough to hear it Nothing telling me who to become And for the first time silence sounds like mine.
