[Intro] Two doors. Two judges. One throne. [Verse 1] Pharisees at the gate in spotless robes, Counting every stain beneath my clothes. They demand a bloodless tomb, Call the shadow proof, the wound a crime. They build their heavens from broken minds, Worship clean hands, fear the dirt, Never seeing where mercy entered first. [Pre-Chorus] One shouts: “HOLY!” (HOLY!) The other: “FREE!” (SO FREE!) Different masks... Same mouth! (SAME MOUTH!) [Verse 2] The nihilists raise a glass in funeral black, Crown themselves with nothing—call destruction liberty. They burn the house, name the ashes “free,” Spit on the altar just to prove they have no god... Yet every rebel needs a throne To judge what nothing means! [Pre-Chorus] One shouts: “HOLY!” (HOLY!) The other: “FREE!” (SO FREE!) Same hand... Upon the scale! [Chorus] I stand in the middle fire— Where every verdict burns! No altar for your virtue, No crown for your ruin earned. Law built from your reflection! Freedom built from decay! I leave both courts behind— And let the Judge have His way! [Verse 3] You call the darkness dangerous Because I drag it to the light. I will not polish idols for your conscience! Nor kiss the serpent to prove I’m free! (NEVER!) The blood was never poured on palace floors— It ran into the dust! [Chorus] I stand in the middle fire— Where every verdict burns! No altar for your virtue, No crown for your ruin earned. Law built from your reflection! Freedom built from decay! I leave both courts behind— And let the Judge have His way! [Bridge] Two languages... One ancient disease. You think you drew the boundary, You think you named the flame. Neither hand was ever holding The hand that wrote your name! You wanted the throne... You wanted to become... THE MEASURE! [Breakdown] (HEY!) LOOK AT THE CROSS! (HEY!) THE GUILTY RECEIVE THE KINGDOM! (HEY!) THE JUST ONE TAKES THE SENTENCE! THE JUDGE IS JUDGED! THE KING IS CRUSHED! [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] I stand in the middle fire— Where every verdict burns! No altar for your virtue, No crown for your ruin earned. Law built from your reflection! Freedom built from decay! I leave both courts behind— And let the Judge have His way! [Final Breakdown] [Slower] You wanted justice—HE WAS CONDEMNED! (CONDEMNED!) You wanted freedom—HE BECAME THE SERVANT! You wanted the throne—HE TORE THE VEIL! No high ground! No sovereign self! ONLY CHRIST! (ONLY CHRIST!) [Outro] I thought I stood between the two... I was wrong. There is no middle. Only the Cross.
