The Sacred Trust

[Verse 1]
You handed me the quiet work
Keys in a jar on the highest shelf
“Hold this for me”
Like it was nothing
But it changed where I walked in the room
How I touched the table
How I said your name
Softly
Like a symbol

[Chorus]
This trust is a sacred mechanism
Not a blindfold
But a spine
Turning every small promise into pillars
Underneath our fragile time
I step in
I stand up
I see the frame
Not just the rust
Truth is the hand that pulls the curtain
On the sacred trust

[Verse 2]
Some enter with a whispered yes
Some drift in on a family tide
Signed by habit
Not by ink
Still the ledger hums beneath their lives
Authority can crown itself
Or kneel and wash another’s feet
Same chair
Different weight in the seat

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Is this dominion
Or administration?
Do I hold your story
Or your throat?
I can bury what I know in comfort
Or bring it to the daylight
Let it vote
[low vocal register] If I speak it
I can’t unsee it
If I stay quiet
I still decide
[full voice] Consent is not the absence of a “no”
It’s the meeting of our eyes

[Chorus]

[Outro]
One word on the record
And the veil comes down
We are both more bound
And more free
You gave me something holy
I give it back
Still whole
That’s the hidden altar
Between your name
And me