[Intro: distorted staccato guitar, glitch beats] [Verse 1: tight rhythmic baritone] I read a comment on my screen From someone trying to be mean I wrote a hundred sharpened words The cleverest ones they'd ever heard My finger hovered over send I read the whole thing back again [Pre-Chorus: tense ascending harmonies] It would feel so good to strike But would I like the world I'd make? [Chorus: explosive major-key hook] There's an arrow I never fired There's a wound I chose to spare I don't need to leave somebody bleeding Just to prove that I was there I can argue with conviction Without poisoning the air The strongest words I've ever written Might be the ones I didn't share [Break: chaotic bass slaps, jagged guitar] [Verse 2: flowing melodic delivery] I cleared the page and tried again Asked a question, not condemned We still disagreed when we were done But neither had to claim they'd won [Bridge: half-time, vulnerable] A cutting line can win a crowd And still leave kindness bleeding out [Final Chorus: stacked harmonies, cathartic] There's an arrow I never fired And a little less damage in the world Not every weapon in our hands Deserves the chance to hurt [Outro: soft guitar resolution]
