Price of the Stone

Written by TheoDemoya

[Intro]

Every shield demands its toll

Every shelter asks the soul

[Verse 1]

The longer that the veil held fast

The further we forgot the past

And in the hush, a hollow grew 

A hunger for the truth we knew

[Pre-Chorus]

Secrets rust and turn to knives

When starved within our lives

[Chorus]

Price of the Stone

Peace on a borrowed loan

We traded truth for safety’s tone

And now the debt has grown

[Verse 2]

Some hear a whisper in their sleep

A mother’s call from caverns deep

Some dream of cities crowned in flame

And wake to ash that has no name

[Pre-Chorus]

If love returns, it will demand

We pay in blood or break the band

[Chorus]

Price of the Stone

Peace on a borrowed loan

We traded truth for safety’s tone

And now the debt has grown

[Bridge]

Count the years the mountains keep 

Nothing’s free that lets you sleep

[Final Chorus]

Price of the Stone 

When ledgers all are shown

May mercy weigh what we have sown

And leave us not alone

[Outro]

A distant pulse within the bone