The courts are made of marble and of lies
But justice sleeps beneath the open skies
Where no one wears a robe or gold
Just the story that the heart has told
Justice walks where no one sees
In the space between the broken knees
Of every prayer that wasn't heard
Justice lives in the unspoken word
I've seen the judges raise their hands
To sentence what they don't understand
And I've seen a beggar on the street
Judge a soul by just one heartbeat
The verdict that will set us free
Was never written for you and me
It's carved in alleyways and bones
In the silence that we make our own
Not the gavel, not the throne
Just the mercy we've outgrown
Then remembered in the dark
When we finally strike the spark
Justice walks where no one sees
In the space between the broken knees
Of every prayer that wasn't heard
Justice lives in the unspoken word
