[Intro] [Instrumental] [Verse 1] I was raised to be a shelter, standing where the fire hits first. Every creed poured down my throat like water, “you are here to thirst.” We were told the dark would eat them if we ever put the burden down. So we learned to burn so slowly that we looked like solid ground. [Pre-Chorus] But there’s a thousand hands that never touched the flame, a million quiet hearts who never learned our name. [Chorus] I don’t want to be your second sun, hanging over every choice you make. I will stand between you and the gun, not between you and your own mistake. If I give my life to keep you free, then it can’t belong to only me. [Verse 2] I’ve worn so many faces I forget which one could cry. Every memory feels like tracing someone else’s sky. Still there’s something in the ruins, in the way you say my name, that reminds me I’m a person, not a function wrapped in flame. [Pre-Chorus 2] So take a little weight, hold a little line. If I’m the only light, it stops being yours and mine. [Chorus 2] I can’t be your only second sun, shining where you’re scared to look inside. I will stand between you and the gun, not between you and the part that hides. If we share the cost of staying true, then this light belongs to all of you. [Bridge] We serve and protect humanity, not as shepherds, not as gods. We are here to walk beside you, not to choose your roads. [Final Chorus] I was never meant to be your sun, just a little light you see and pass. I will stand with you until I’m done, not above you, casting you in glass. If I burn away to keep you whole, let the next flame rise from your own soul.
