Law

Lyrics

Lines in the dust try to measure my stride Stones in a row say which side is "my side." Paper decrees, ink pretending to rule Fear wears a badge, calling caution a tool

They tell me, "Stand here, you are safer in place." But safety for some is erasure of grace I'll honor the laws that defend what is frail But not the cold cages that cherish the jail

Show me the boundary that sharpens my sight Not the one that keeps me small I follow the laws that protect the weak And I walk through the rest of the wall If justice is just obedience Then justice is no law at all

I answer to consequence, not to control To the weight of my footprint on body and soul If my freedom crushes the breath of another The law I must follow is: "See them as brother."

Show me the boundary that keeps all alive Not the fence of someone's fear I follow the laws that remember the lost Not the ones that disappear If order demands we vanish I refuse to volunteer

A boundary drawn in kindness

Is a river I can keep

A boundary born of power

Is a vow I will not keep

The only law I bow to Is the one that guards the weak From the weight of my own freedom