Principalities

Lyrics

Verse 1 There’s a structure in the shadow Ranks behind the veil Names carved into the darkness Maps of where we fail Crowns with no faces Orders never spoken loud Cities wear their chains in silence Church bells ringing proud Pre-Chorus This ain’t flesh and bone I’m fighting Ain’t a man I see Something stands behind the curtain Pulling strings in me Chorus We don’t wrestle blood and bodies We don’t fight the skin There’s a kingdom in the darkness Digging in Principalities breathing Over every land Powers whisper “bow or break” I won’t bend Verse 2 Lines are drawn above the nations Borders made of fear Every home a battleground Every truth unclear Authority without a face Permission to destroy They don’t need belief to own you Just keep you unemployed Pre-Chorus 2 They don’t scream, they don’t rush They just wait Patient like decay Chorus We don’t wrestle blood and bodies We don’t fight the skin There’s a war behind the heartbeat Closing in Principalities watching Counting every breath Powers say the war is over Not yet Bridge (quiet → build) (spoken / half-sung) They got order They got ranks They got names I never asked They got cities They got thrones But they don’t own what’s in my bones (pause) Authority ain’t power Power ain’t the truth I don’t fear the dark I fear what I might lose Final Chorus (full harmony) We don’t wrestle blood and bodies We don’t fight the skin If this war is in the spirit Let it begin Principalities falling When the light stands firm You can rule the air above me I won’t learn to burn Outro (one guitar, fading) You can take the ground You can take the throne But you don’t get my soul