Lyric

You stood alone in the quiet fight

No spotlight, no one called you right

But still you clenched your trembling fists

Believed in something they all missed

I cried for you, but not for love

It wasn’t dreams or stars above

I saw the fire that never spoke

A vow beneath your heavy cloak

You took the blows, you took the shame

Still marched on through the mud and flame

They laughed, they turned, they walked away

But you were still there every day

I cried for you, but not for tears

Not for hopes or wasted years

I touched the silence in your pain

The vow that no one could explain

Even if no one sings your name

Even if you never win the game

You stood for someone, not for fame

And that’s the reason why I came

I cried for you — for the vow you kept

For every night you barely slept

For battles fought that no one knew

I cried because you saw it through

Tears for the vow

Not for love, not for light —

But for the fight you chose to fight