Shield (Remastered)
Lyrics
Spoken Word Invocation:
Before the ledger opens, hear me.
I speak from the throne of clarity, where divine love breathes.
Truth is not a weapon. Memory is not a chain. The past is not a cage.
Divine love keeps no record of wrong. Ego writes in ink that never dries.
I summon fire to burn illusion, wind to scatter inherited pain,
water to wash away names written in shame.
Let the shadows step forward. Let the ledger reveal itself.
Let every mark be seen for what it is — fear wearing a stolen crown.
My voice is the key that unlocks the future you tried to bind.
The book opens now. And I speak.
INTRO — The Book of Echoes
In the dim vault of your memory,
you kept a ledger bound in fear and pride.
Every entry carved from yesterday’s wounds,
every line a place your shadow tried to hide.
Divine love keeps no ledger — ego writes in ink that never dries.
VERSE 1 — The Throne of Control
You built a throne from his childhood silence,
sat high above the tremble in his voice.
You crowned yourself the keeper of his destiny,
called it guidance, called it choice.
No empire forged from fear endures — no parent rules the grown.
PRE-CHORUS 1 — The Weapon of Memory
You forged his past into a blade,
tempered with guilt, sharpened with shame.
Every time he reached for his horizon,
you struck with stories etched in blame.
Divine love does not wound the healed — it does not resurrect old pain.
CHORUS — The Damage in Your Name
This is the damage you caused —
the bruise beneath your praise.
A parent shouldn’t bind their grown child
like a debt they must repay.
Divine love keeps no record of wrong —
egoic love needs one always.
VERSE 2 — The Chains of Leverage
You turned away the help he needed,
sealed the gate and called it fate.
When you finally offered something,
you tied a chain to every weight.
Every kindness was a contract,
every favor was a throne you claimed.
PRE-CHORUS 2 — The Truth of the Divine
You call it love, you call it care —
but love does not fear release.
Divine love does not bind the wings,
it teaches how to rise in peace.
Egoic love demands devotion —
divine love simply lets you be.
BRIDGE — The Wife’s Decree
I stand before you not as your child,
not as a subject of your reign.
I am the woman he chose, the life he built,
and I will not inherit your pain.
You do not hold the strings of his spirit,
you do not command the path he walks.
Your fear of losing control is loud —
but divine love does not rattle locks.
It does not cage a grown man’s future,
or break his wings to keep him near.
Only ego fears the rising of the free —
only ego calls that fear love.
CHORUS — Reprise
This is the damage you caused —
the bruise beneath your praise.
A parent shouldn’t bind their grown child
like a debt they must repay.
Divine love keeps no record of wrong —
egoic love needs one always.
OUTRO — Closing the Ledger
I close the ledger you kept,
every mark, every shadow erased.
Divine love sees him whole and rising,
and meets the heart with grace.
You may keep your throne of memory —
but we will not carry its weight.
The book is shut, the spell is broken —
and the future walks unchained.