[Intro]
[Soft Piano, Warm Pad, Gentle Percussion Pulse]
A breath between the noise…
A pause before the choice…
(Raise your voice!)
[Verse 1]
Words like sparks in a dry old field
Burning faster than wounds can heal
(Wildfire burnin’ higher)
Every echo turns into flame
But nobody’s winning this game
(Wildfire burnin’ higher)
We build our walls out of yesterday
(Stacking fears in a fragile way)
Each side shouting louder still
(Until silence bends to will)
[Pre-Chorus]
But underneath the breaking sound
There’s still some common ground
If we listen, peace defend
Maybe this is not the end
[Refrain]
If it’s not too late
Can we negate hate
(Negate hate)
Because at this rate
We’re casting our fate
(Irate state)
Negate (hate)
Alleviate
Before it’s too late
(Change the state)
[Chorus]
Turn the fracture into space
Let the anger lose its place
Not erase what came before
But not repeat it anymore
We don’t win by standing still
We don’t heal by bending will
We just find a different way
To reshape what we say
[Instrumental Break – Melodic Guitar, Soft Strings, Steady Beat]
[Verse 2]
History carved into every tone
Echoes in how we’ve grown
Somewhere between blame and truth
We lost the thread in our youth
But even now in fractured air
There are still hands reaching there
Not to fight, not to defend
But to try to comprehend
[Pre-Chorus]
Every cycle can unwind
If we choose a different line
Not erase, but reframe
Not the same, not the same
[Refrain]
If it’s not too late
Can we negate hate
(Negate hate)
Because at this rate
We’re casting our fate
(Irate state)
Negate (hate)
Alleviate
Find a way to translate
(Not instigate)
[Bridge]
What if power is not control?
What if healing is the goal?
What if we could learn to see
We’re not as far apart as we believe
(We can relieve!)
[Final Chorus – Full Arrangement, Rising Vocals]
Turn the fracture into space
Let the anger lose its place
Not erase what came before
But not repeat it anymore
We don’t win by standing still
We don’t heal by force of will
We just learn another way
To negate what hate can say
[Outro]
[Soft Piano Return, Fading Ambience]
Negate…
Alleviate…
Not too late…
If we choose… to change the state…
(Put love above)
From the album “Stranger Than Fiction“