Verse 1

We built our world with careful hands,
Wrote our rules in ink and stone,
Said we’ll choose what’s right and wrong,
Leave the rest to time alone.

China

Verse 2

When power speaks, it fills the room,
And truth grows quiet, pushed aside,
Right gets shaped by who’s in charge,
And conscience learns to compromise.

Middle School Children Being Trained for the Military

Verse 3
Some crowned the state and called it truth,
Said heaven was a childish dream,
They traded souls for ordered lives,
And paid in blood for perfect schemes.

College Students Being Trained for the Military

Verse 4

Others leaned on ancient words,
Older than the throne or crown,
They fell and failed, but still they heard
A voice that called them back around.

Jerusalum.  A Society Built on Religious Values

There’s gotta be a higher line,
Above the crown, above the gun,
A law that even power must face
When all the harm is done.

If right and wrong are ours alone,
Then mercy’s paper-thin,
But justice stands the test of time
When it answers Him.

France.  A Society Built on Religious Values

There’s a higher line—don’t cross that line,
No throne decides what’s true,
There’s a higher line—don’t cross that line,
It’s standing over you.

When lies wear crowns and truth runs thin,
That line still holds you in,
There’s a higher line—don’t cross that line,
We all answer Him.