Prompt:

Vane: I was not first-born thunder Or flesh beneath the sun I was the line before the kingdom The scale before the crown When Heaven carved its borders When decree and oath were young I held the weight of every word Before your name was sung You boast of being first As if beginning makes you wise But clay remembers every hand That taught it how to lie You call the damned a sickness You call the blade divine Then dress your hunger up as order And pretend the blood is mine You sneer at songs of mercy At a girl who dares believe That rot is not the whole of roots That broken things still breathe But I have watched your golden court Make corpses into law You call that truth eternal I call it fear with jaws Choir: The law comes on The seal is split The hidden record burns No throne stands clean No sword stays bright When judgment overturns Vane: I need no permission I require no sign I was forged to bind the mighty When they step across the line So let Heaven answer Let the rafters crack and ring I will drag each buried warrant Past the choir and the king You wanted war, you wanted proof Then face the blade of living truth You built your holy slaughter on “Hell is forever” Now the law you buried carries on That butcher with a halo Thinks his birthright makes him flame As if being made before them Washes murder from his name He looks down at Charlie’s mercy Like compassion is a wound While his bright hands reek of ashes From the dead beneath the moon Let him hide behind creation Let him howl until he breaks I have seen what angels are When no one counts the lives they take They say mercy makes us fragile No, mercy makes us choose And choice is what your Heaven feared Before it learned to lose Choir: The law comes on The seal is split The hidden record burns No throne stands clean No sword stays bright When judgment overturns Vane: So let Heaven answer Let the golden pillars shake I will turn each sacred silence To a charge you cannot fake You wanted war, you wanted proof Then face the blade of living truth You built your holy slaughter on “Hell is forever” Now the law you buried carries on Sera, hold your sentence steady Do not hide behind your grace Every signature has memory Every order has a face You were never made for terror You were made to guard the gate Yet you let a yearly massacre Wear the mask of holy fate Elders, keep your veils around you Let your ancient quiet rot I know the shape of every seal And the rooms where truth was locked You feared Lucifer’s rebellion More than chains on mortal breath So you banished living freedom Then called stillness righteousness First man, last excuse Every boast you spit is thin You think death makes you legend Law remembers what you’ve been No exemption, no retreat No more sinners at your feet If you want to damn their chances You will answer first to me Let Heaven answer Let the broken halos blaze Let them read the names in fire Let them choke on what they praised You wanted war, you wanted proof Now stand beneath the living truth You built your bright dominion on A lie called forever And I am the law that carries on Choir: The law comes on The seal is split The hidden record burns No throne stands clean No sword stays bright When judgment overturns Vane: I was the hand that failed to rise When Morningstar was cast below I kept my silence polished bright And called it wisdom long ago That cowardice became my chain That shame became my throne But every verdict I have carved Has led me back to home So hear me now, you hollow host You gilded court, you frightened sky No soul is fixed by where it fell No crown is clean because it’s high If Hell can change, then Heaven can sin If angels kill, then courts begin Bring every warrant, every name Every hidden order signed in flame Let Heaven answer Let creation hear the claim You can curse me as a traitor You can spit upon my name You wanted war, you wanted proof I bring the record and the truth You built your little empire on “Hell is forever” Now the Law That Walked Away comes on Let Heaven answer Let the final seal be torn Let the damned rise up as witness Let the guilty mourn the morn You struck down hope, you mocked the plea Now choke on due authority You built your holy slaughter on “Hell is forever” But forever ends when law comes on