Traitor for the Light

Static on the holonet, red alarms ignite Odessen holds its breath tonight One name in the signal, half-buried in the storm Shan Born from a secret the Jedi could not keep A soldier's blood, a Grand Master's grief No Force in my fingers, no saber in my hand Just codes in the darkness And a blaster in the sand SIS in my bloodstream, static in my veins Every open doorway has a shadow with my name I learned to smile with a knife behind my teeth And bury every truth where no one else could see I know what you saw I know what it cost But some roads only open When everything is lost Call me traitor, I can take it Let the whole sky watch me fall If I have to break your heart To keep the blade from your wall I am the signal in the dark The shot that misses your heart Hate me till the truth comes through I lied to the galaxy But I never lied to you The train screams through Umbara, glass and thunder fly I aim beside your heartbeat I teach your trust to die Every word is poison, every wound a map Copero snow hides the footprints of the trap They wanted a ghost, so I gave them my face Walked into the fire with no one left to chase I wore the mask so deep It almost wore me back One step from the edge on a burning star-track I know what you heard I know what you feared But I left you a breadcrumb In every vanished year Call me traitor, I can take it Let the whole sky watch me fall If I have to break your heart To keep the blade from your wall I am the signal in the dark The shot that misses your heart Hate me till the truth comes through I lied to the galaxy But I never lied to you Nathema has no mercy No prayer, no guiding light Just the cold sound of breathing At the end of the fight I broke my name in pieces I burned my way back home If loyalty means silence Then I bled it alone No Force, no crown, no prophecy Only nerve and circuitry No temple ever made me whole But your voice kept calling through the cold Encrypted heart Republic ghost Deep cover soul I gave up most One final code One final spark Find me where the truth Survives the dark Call me traitor, I can take it Let the whole sky watch me fall I would wear the wound forever If it saved you after all I am the signal in the dark The scar across the stars Hate me till the truth comes through I lied to the galaxy But I never lied to you Call me traitor, call me broken Call me gone beyond the light I walked through every shadow Just to bring you back the night When the stars ask who I am Tell them: Theron Shan Not the son of destiny Just the man who stayed