Democracy Doesn’t Die in Darkness
Democracy doesn’t die in darkness, It chokes beneath the sun...
[Verse]
It doesn’t come with boots at dawn
No coup beneath a blood-red sky
It slips in through the courtrooms
While no one dares to ask why
No tanks roll down the main street
No fire in the sky above
Just silence from the leaders
As they strangle all we love
[Chorus]
Democracy doesn’t die in darkness
It chokes beneath the sun
While cameras roll and headlines scroll
The damage still gets done
It’s not the bombs that break it
But laws designed to bend
And if we wait to see the fire
We’ll miss how it all ends
[Verse]
They freeze the funds to silence thought
They punish those who speak
They starve the schools, corrupt the rules
And call the brave “too weak”
They build their power slowly
With fear as mortar stone
Until the ones who know the truth
Stand trembling and alone
[Chorus]
Democracy doesn’t die in darkness
It fades with every sigh
When lawyers quit and truth is split
And no one asks them why
It’s not the war that takes it
But silence and disguise
And if we wait to raise our voice
We’ll watch the nation die
[Bridge]
A voice cried out, “We still have time”
But time is growing thin
It takes the courage of the many
To hold the soul within
The power’s still among us
But fading fast each day
If we don’t act with open eyes
We’ll give it all away
[Final Chorus]
Democracy doesn’t die in darkness
It dies when we look away
When truth is sold and rights controlled
And hope begins to stray
But light still breaks the shadows
If we refuse the lie
We fight like hell for freedom
Or we kiss it all goodbye