Let It Be My Voice

One chair left empty.
My coat on the back.
Clock above the doorway.
Yeahhh.
All the facts.
Ice in my veins.
But the blood runs deep.
Names beneath the surface.
Men I couldn't keep.
Metronome stepper.
Down an empty hall.
Boots still keep the cadence.
No one gives the call.
Calm,
cool mind.
With a jaw clenched tight.
I can hold my hands.
Can't make the wrong right.
They can keep the medal.
I would trade the gold
For your weight beside me.
For your hand gone cold.
Hold the tether.
Let me take this end.
You were there
to catch them.
Who caught you back then.
I don't chase.
But I go.
Something in that silence
Needs a voice tonight.
I'm not dangerous.
I'm weaponized.
Ice in my veins.
Fire behind my eyes.
Hold the tether.
We stick together.
When the ground gives way.
When the night won't end.
Let it be my voice.
Let it be my voice.
Let the silence break.
Let my brothers hear.
Second hand shivers.
Won't leave the mark.
Clock keeps trying.
Can't get past.
I watch it struggle.
Keep my eyes wide.
Like it knows
What's on the other side.
Your breath beside me.
Mine held tight.
Let the next second
Lose us tonight.
Don't move yet.
Don't move yet.
Keep that word
Behind your teeth.
Before you say it.
Before I know.
Let me stay here.
Don't make me go.
One more breath.
Before it changes.
One more second.
While he's here.
I've moved on orders.
Through worse than fear.
Now I'd give anything
To stay right here.
Calm,
cool mind.
Count it slow.
How do I hold
What has to go.
Hold the tether.
Let the silence stay.
You don't have to fill
What you cannot say.
I'm not dangerous.
I'm weaponized.
Ice in my veins.
Fire behind my eyes.
Hold the tether.
We stick together.
When the ground gives way.
When the night won't end.
Let it be my voice.
Let it be my voice.
Let the silence break.
Let my brothers hear.
Two men deep.
In this shirt tonight.
One keeps checking exits.
One steps toward the light.
Under the ice.
There's a fist still knocking.
Every locked room listening.
Every old floor talking.
Battle lust rises.
I know that pull.
How the whole world narrows.
How the hands go still.
Calm ain't peace.
I know the price.
Every breath I lengthen.
Every step held twice.
Reste avec nous.
On tient le fil.
Même dans le noir.
Tu n'es pas seul.
If I become
The thing I hunt.
Will I know the difference.
Will I call it love.
Will I say protection.
Will I call it right.
Will another brother
Have to stop me
that night.
Then let us hear you.
Before the words run dry.
I can carry anger.
I can leave it unfired.
I can sing their names.
Without calling down more fire.
Let it be my voice.
Let it be my voice.
Let it be my voice.
We stick together.
I'm not dangerous.
I'm weaponized.
Ice in my veins.
Fire behind my eyes.
Hold the tether.
We stick together.
When the ground gives way.
When the night won't end.
Let it be my voice.
Let it be my voice.
Let the silence break.
Let my brothers hear.
One chair left empty.
My coat on the back.
Clock above the doorway.
One tick at last.
Hold the tether.
I leave your chair there.
This one's for you.