The Authoritarian Cliff

We’re standing on the edge of the authoritarian cliff, With flags in our hands and truth adrift

(Verse 1)
The sky was calm, the streets were still
But he cried out for war from the Capitol Hill
No riot, no fire, no threat in the air
Just a man with a crown and a vacant stare

He sent the soldiers into our towns
Said he’d save us all as he tore things down
The sirens screamed what the headlines missed
Another freedom erased with a clenched white fist

(Chorus)
We’re standing on the edge of the authoritarian cliff
With flags in our hands and truth adrift
Hungary fell, and Russia too
And now the mirror shows a red, white, blue
So raise your voice before it slips
Before we tumble from the authoritarian cliff

(Verse 2)
They called it order, they called it law
But it was theater wrapped in martial awe
A test of silence, a trial by fear
While the Constitution disappeared

He jailed the truth, fired the wise
Fed the courtrooms calculated lies
Called every loss a stolen prize
Now justice wears a thin disguise

(Chorus)
We’re standing on the edge of the authoritarian cliff
With shadows behind us, and no safety net if
We keep on watching, keep playing dumb
Then we deserve what we’ve become
Speak now, or the silence rips—
And down we go from the authoritarian cliff

(Bridge)
There’s a playbook written in cold regret
Of tyrants risen, and nations that forget
And we are reading Act III aloud
While the crowd still cheers, and the press still bows

But I won’t sing the strongman’s song
Won’t let him drag this soul along
To camps, to walls, to courts gone blind
To a future we’ll wish we’d left behind

(Chorus)
We’re standing on the edge of the authoritarian cliff
With history’s ghosts whispering “resist”
This ain’t a drill, it’s not pretend
This is how the republic ends
Unless we fight, unless we lift—
Each other from the authoritarian cliff

(Outro)
So light the truth, and pass it fast
Because the time for warnings has almost passed
One more step, and that’s the fall—
We either rise, or lose it all.