Authorized Entry

title: “Authorized Entry” [Verse 1] I watched good people climb for years In polished shoes and private fears Well-spoken mouths, exhausted eyes Defending elegant old lies Some called it strength, some called it grace Some wore composure on the face But motion does not equal peace And effort does not buy release [Pre-Chorus] Some fears become a second skin Some wars are fought entirely within And near the noise, unseen by most Another kind of access closed [Chorus] No hidden clause, no secret tier No test designed to keep me here No final scale, no shifting gate No cruel dependence upon fate I did not breach some guarded wall Or earn exemption from the fall What opened was not built by me But something older than my plea [Verse 2] I knew the craft of looking whole The staged control, the managed soul The practiced tone, the steady grin While doubt kept tightening within But certainty is not self-made Nor peace a prize for the well-behaved Some doors ignore impressive hands And pride still fails to understand [Pre-Chorus] The stairs reward the need to prove They offer motion, never truth Some names are called, not self-declared Some gifts arrive already prepared [Chorus x2] No hidden clause, no secret tier No test designed to keep me here No final scale, no shifting gate No cruel dependence upon fate I did not breach some guarded wall Or earn exemption from the fall What opened was not built by me But something older than my plea No hidden clause, no secret tier No test designed to keep me here No final scale, no shifting gate No cruel dependence upon fate I did not breach some guarded wall Or earn exemption from the fall What opened was not built by me But something older than my plea