[Verse 1] He moves a pawn like pulling tides You touch a queen Whole borders slide Maps in your eyes Ink never dries Crowns in your pockets Calm in your lies [Pre-Chorus] Every fingertip On the marble edge Feels like fault lines Cracking at the edge (hey) [Chorus] You tip the world with a fingertip Checkered earth on a tilted ship Every piece is a city burned or saved Every stare is a silent air raid Two soft hands on a tiny board Trading fate like a whispered chord All these lives in the space between Black and white in a war unseen [Verse 2] You castle late The oceans shake He sacs a knight The forests break You smile thin A treaty’s torn He taps the clock A nation’s born [Pre-Chorus] Under chandelier Shadows crawl and bend Every quiet move Hits a coast A friend [Chorus] You tip the world with a fingertip Checkered earth on a tilted ship Every piece is a city burned or saved Every stare is a silent air raid Two soft hands on a tiny board Trading fate like a whispered chord All these lives in the space between Black and white in a war unseen [Bridge] [Band drops Toms and low guitars] (Female) I hear the prayers in the ticking sound (Male) I taste the smoke as the rooks come down (Female) If I resign Do the storms roll back? (Male) If I win Do we still lose track? (Both) Who crowns the crowd when the table’s cleared Who holds the sky when the kings disappear [Chorus] You tip the world with a fingertip Checkered earth on a tilted ship Every piece is a promise left unmade Every stare is a shallow mass grave Two soft hands on a tiny board Trading fate like a whispered chord All these lives in the space between Black and white in a war unseen [Outro] (Both, softer) One last move And the globe leans in (Both) Just two rulers And the places they spin
