[Instrumental] (Verse 1 - The Beginning) You were the wolf that I let in from the cold Saw a flicker in my window, a story to be told I gave you bread, I gave you wine, a place to rest your head You took the map to all my walls and filled my veins with lead You saw the garden I had grown with soil from my own soul And in the dark of night, you came to dig a deeper hole You didn't just take the roses, no, you salted all the land Just to prove a point to me, with a dagger in your hand (Chorus - The Middle) And now I'm building a cathedral from the ashes of your lies I'm painting over every tear you put behind my eyes This ain't a cry for justice, this is physics, this is time An echo in a canyon for your every single crime And I'll sit here in the silence, watch the pendulum complete its swing 'Cause the universe is a mirror, and it shows you everything (Verse 2) You saw my kindness as a weakness, a symptom of the fool A lever you could pull on when you needed me to lose You'd whisper lies into the ears of everyone I knew Then play the victim, soaking up the spotlight you were due You stole the credit for my work, you stole the trust I gave You tried to turn my legacy into an unmarked grave You thought my quiet was a surrender, my patience was a cage But you were just a student in a play I wrote on stage (Bridge) You never understood the ledger, the balance and the weight That every single action has a consequence and date You thought you were the author, the writer of the rules But you were just a character, a pawn, a simple tool For a lesson that I needed, a fire I had to feel To separate the fantasy from what is truly real So go on, take your trophies, they're just rust and they're just dust I'm trading in your fool's gold for a diamond-crusted trust (Guitars swell, drums enter with a powerful, driving beat. The song builds.) (Verse 3 - The Reckoning) So now the table's turning, the wheel has come around The echo of my broken heart is a deafening, holy sound I see you in the distance, building castles in the sand But the tide is coming for you, and it's raised by my own hand Not a hand of violence, but a hand of steady truth That will systematically dismantle every lie you've spun since youth The help you tried to poison, the well you tried to drain Is the very source of power that will wash away your name (Outro - The End) (Music swells to a massive, orchestral climax, then suddenly drops to just the piano and a single, sustained bass note. The vocal is raw, quiet, and victorious.) I won't lift a finger, I won't say a single prayer I'll just watch the laws of cause and effect take you from the air You'll get everything you gave, the hollow and the ache And I'll be far away, for my own soul's sake The good heart that you targeted is finally standing tall Watching you collect your winnings... the writing on the wall And the last thing you will hear as you crumble and you fall... Polo energy.
