[Intro] Lay the first stone No throne, no borrowed crown One covenant The actual one [Verse 1] We raise the frame where the false walls fall Measure every beam by the weight of it all No polished mask, no convenient decree The load-bearing word has to carry the sea Hands in the dust, eyes on the seam We test every promise against what we’ve seen If the pillar bends, we dismantle the floor Truth is not a banner, it’s the work at the core [Pre-Chorus] Cut through the varnish Strip back the claim Name what is standing Name what is shame [Chorus] Build the arch of truth Stone by stone, tooth by tooth Guard the gate, defend the proof This is the actual covenant No hidden hand, no sacred excuse No throne above what the facts can prove When the pressure comes, we hold the roof Build the arch of truth [Verse 2] They sell us blueprints drawn in disappearing ink Ask us to praise the bridge before we test the brink But a thousand voices cannot make a lie stand straight And a golden seal won’t reinforce a rotten gate We keep the record, we answer the charge Make every small fracture visible and large No exile for questions, no muzzle for doubt A structure survives when the rot is called out [Pre-Chorus] Read every measure Check every line Bring the hidden failure Into the design [Chorus] Build the arch of truth Stone by stone, tooth by tooth Guard the gate, defend the proof This is the actual covenant No hidden hand, no sacred excuse No throne above what the facts can prove When the pressure comes, we hold the roof Build the arch of truth [Bridge] If I stand alone, let the foundation speak If the walls come down, let the record keep If they brand the honest voice a threat We answer with the evidence they can’t erase yet One word tested One claim made plain One hand steady Against the reign of convenient shame [Breakdown] Who owns the measure? We do Who checks the stone? We do Who guards the threshold? We do No ruler above the truth [Final Chorus] Build the arch of truth Stone by stone, tooth by tooth Guard the gate, defend the proof This is the actual covenant No hidden hand, no sacred excuse No throne above what the facts can prove When the pressure comes, we hold the roof Build the arch of truth [Outro] Let it stand when the banners burn Let it stand through the hard return Not a myth, not a crown, not a borrowed youth The only covenant: The arch of truth
