Outside the Law

There’s a line drawn in the dust tonight
Bootprints fading in the pale moonlight
No badge, no name, no alibi
Just a truth you can’t disguise
You can run where the wild winds blow
Where the rules don’t dare to go
But there’s one thing you can’t outrun
The weight of what you’ve done
(Pre-Chorus)
No walls, no chains, no compromise
But freedom’s just another kind of tie
(Chorus)
To live outside the law, you must be honest
No shadows left to hide behind
Every promise carved in stone, not wanted
But truth’s the price of a free mind
You can break every rule they taught us
Walk the edge, no looking back
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
Or you’ll fade into the black
(Verse 2)
Every lie is a loaded gun
Every secret weighs a ton
Out here there’s no judge or jury
Just your soul in quiet fury
No sirens in the dead of night
No wrong or right, just wrong or right
What you choose is what you wear
A crown of gold or a cross to bear
(Pre-Chorus)
No gods to blame, no alibis
Just the mirror and your own two eyes
(Chorus)
To live outside the law, you must be honest
No shadows left to hide behind
Every promise carved in stone, not wanted
But truth’s the price of a free mind
You can break every rule they taught us
Walk the edge, no looking back
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
Or you’ll fade into the black
(Bridge)
No kings, no chains, no safety net
Just the debts you won’t forget
You can run but you can’t pretend
You’re your jailer in the end
(Breakdown)
Oh—no lies, no disguise
Freedom cuts but it clarifies
Oh—no lies, no disguise
Truth is where the outlaw lies
(Final Chorus)
To live outside the law, you must be honest
Let the truth be all you own
Every scar and every flaw upon us
Turns a rebel into stone
You can stand where the wild wind calls us
Unforgiven, undefined
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
Or you leave yourself behind
(Outro)
So walk that line, don’t twist or bend
‘Cause the truth’s your only friend
Outside the law, alone but proud—
Honest… or lost in the crowd.

Female Vocals, Swinging, Indie Pop