Entrustment

(Verse 1 - Ockz)

I dare not look up, the night sky cuts like a blade,

The stars pass judgment, their gaze never fades.

Am I the chosen, a shadow of this tainted land?

Or the fallen, unworthy of even hell’s reprimand?

They say heaven is high, and butchers die unnamed,

Yet why does the road paved with corpses lead to truth the same?

I open my hands, but they hold nothing still,

If I offer my soul, what more can I will?

(Chorus - Interwoven Voices)

What must I sacrifice to know the world in its whole?

If truth remains silent, I'll carve it in blood and soul.

Burning my body for a moment to transcend,

On this spinning world, I entrust my final testament.

(Verse 2 - Badney)

I ascend the tower of knowledge, casting ignorance to dust,

Truth belongs not to all, but only to those deemed just.

Yet when you meet the sword with silence, and smile at death’s demand,

I finally see—faith lies not just above, but also in your hand.

Plato once claimed all men have their destined place,

I once believed in that unyielding fate.

But when you kneel in prayer and call the earth’s motion divine,

If knowledge cannot grant us freedom, why do the stars still shine?

If I stand in the tower, then why in your presence alone,

Do I finally glimpse a heaven I’ve never known?

(Bridge - Atonement & Passing the Torch)

In the name of baptism, I open the gates above,

But you only smile, saying heaven has long fallen to dust.

You entrust your faith to me, I carve your name in time,

As we stand upon the scaffold, only the stars bear witness to our crime.

(Final Chorus - Passing the Torch)

What must I sacrifice to know the world in its whole?

If the answer is fire, then with you, I shall burn my soul.

When the stars cease their judgment, when towers and hell align,

Your legacy will endure, and still, the world will turn.

(The earth keeps turning, the entrustment never ends.)