Lyric

I sheathe the blade that once knew flame

Carry tomorrow through the pain

Hands that learned to let go

Still reach out, steady and slow

What I’ve done still shapes my core—

I live to keep from killing more

Midnight echoes on scarred stone

Footsteps choosing life alone

Every shadow knows my face

Every breath recalls that place

I cut the night, I cut the scream

Thought the end would set me free

But silence weighs heavier still—

A sword remembers every will

I don’t wait for grace above

I choose again the shape of love

If peace is earned by open scars

I’ll walk it far, however far

I sheathe the blade that once knew flame

Carry tomorrow through the pain

Hands that learned to let go

Still reach out, steady and slow

What I’ve done still shapes my core—

I live to keep from killing more

The world keeps turning, bruised but bright

Children laugh in borrowed light

If hope can stand within these hands

Then maybe I still understand

Strength is more than final blows

It’s knowing when to let one go

I stand between the past and now

A vow, a scar, a quiet bow

No banners raised, no wars to claim

Just one more choice to stay the same

If worth is counted by what I spare

Then let that truth stay here

I sheathe the blade, the ache remains

It speaks in weather, wind, and rain

Not to forget, not to atone—

Just to keep walking, flesh and bone

If fate draws close with steady hands

I meet it clear, I meet it planned

What I’ve done still shapes my core—

I live to keep from killing more

A sword can guard, a sword can bend

A sword can mark where lives may end

But mercy carves a deeper line

Sharp enough to alter time

I walk ahead, no need for praise

Just another chosen day

I sheathe the blade, I face the dawn

Past still here, yet moving on

Not made whole, yet standing true

By every life I choose not to lose

What I’ve done still shapes my core—

I live to keep from killing more

Stone remembers every step

The road keeps breathing on

I walk it with a steady hand—

A blade at rest, a chosen calm