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Vanida Plamondon (AI Assisted)
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Vanida Plamondon
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November 05, 2025
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Lyrics
Verse 1
How long can silence hold its breath,
Before it starts to sound like death?
How many times can peace appeal,
To ears too deaf to hear what’s real?
We march, we plead, we bear the sign,
They break the bones, they call it fine.
Each promise made, each treaty torn,
And still we kneel, our patience worn.
Chorus
When do we move, when do we break,
When does the heart refuse to wait?
When justice hides and tyrants feast,
When do the lambs become the beast?
Verse 2
They taught us peace, they sang of grace,
But never lived the words they praised.
They quote the saints they never knew,
Then load their guns on avenues.
Each sermon sweet, each lie rehearsed,
They bless the rich, they damn the cursed.
We’ve knelt for peace, we’ve bled for peace,
Yet chains remain, and cries don’t cease.
Chorus
When do we move, when do we break,
When does the heart refuse to wait?
When justice hides and tyrants feast,
When do the lambs become the beast?
Verse 3
I’ve read the books, the scholars say,
That change must bloom the peaceful way.
They write of Gandhi’s peaceful stand,
Of hope and hands that lift the land.
But all their words ignore the truth,
That peace is starved without the proof.
For every march that changed the law,
Ten more were crushed beneath its jaw.
Chorus
When do we move, when do we break,
When does the heart refuse to wait?
When justice hides and tyrants feast,
When do the lambs become the beast?
Bridge
The French stormed gates, the slaves revolved,
When prayers alone could not absolve.
The factory struck, the miners bled,
And history called their rage “well-fed.
They said, “Be patient, time will heal,
While trampling those they could not feel.
The lesson carved in every age,
Peace only lives when there’s outrage.
Chorus
When do we move, when do we break,
When does the heart refuse to wait?
When justice hides and tyrants feast,
When do the lambs become the beast?
Verse 4
We’ve tried restraint, we’ve tried reform,
But storms don’t listen to the norm.
Each law delayed, each vote denied,
Each mother lost, each child cried.
They say that peace must never fall,
But peace for who, and peace for all?
If peace is just the strong man’s chain,
Then peace and violence wear one name.
Chorus
When do we move, when do we break,
When does the heart refuse to wait?
When justice hides and tyrants feast,
When do the lambs become the beast?
Bridge 2
Each empire falls the same old way,
It starves the mouths it dares to stay.
It calls for calm while swinging blades,
And builds its peace on shallow graves.
When every cry is filed away,
And every hope denied its day,
The calm becomes the spark’s disguise,
And fire learns to organize.
Chorus
When do we move, when do we break,
When does the heart refuse to wait?
When justice hides and tyrants feast,
When do the lambs become the beast?
Outro
No one is born to raise a fist,
But silence makes the iron twist.
There comes a point, there comes a night,
When wrong feels holy in its fight.
And though the blood may stain the ground
