[Verse] Learned a secret in the quiet, Something buried in the years. My first officer, my brother, Has children he’s never seen. Loved a woman long before the wars, Thought she died with the burning coast. Turns out they survived, and grew And now they walk among us like ghosts. [Chorus] Do I tell him, do I break him. Do I keep it, do I drown. Truth is heavy, lies are heavier, And I’m sinking either way. He’s the man I’d trust with anything, But I don’t know if he’ll trust me When I tell him what I know. [Verse] He’s stood beside me through every fire, Never faltered, never fled. I owe him more than I can measure, But this truth could leave him dead inside. I see the father he never knew he was, I see the friend I might lose. Command never taught me how To choose between two heartbreaks. [Bridge] Cycles ago he loved her. Cycles ago he lost her. Now I’m the one who knows What he’s been missing all this time. [Final Chorus] Do I tell him, do I break him. Do I keep it, do I drown. Truth is heavy, lies are heavier, And I’m sinking either way. He’s the man I’d trust with anything, But I don’t know if he’ll trust me When I tell him what I know. [Outro] So I’ll carry this secret in silence, Let it carve its mark in me alone. Better I bear the weight than watch His whole world come undone. I’ll stand beside him like I always have, Even if it costs me my sleep. Some truths aren’t meant for daylight, And this one I’ll keep.
