The Decision's a Blur

Lyrics [Verse 1] The hangar bay is quiet, just the hum of fading heat, The scuff of worn-out leather on a floor of cold steel sheet. Three decades tracking stardust, through the nebulae and grime, Collecting souls for credits, just to kill a bit of time. But the joints are getting rusty and the fuel is running low, I’ve got one last mark to tether, then I’m letting it all go. [Chorus] One last jump through the gravity well, One last hunt through a neon hell. The contract’s signed in digital ink, I’m standing right on the final brink. Just a simple catch, then a quiet life, Far away from the laser’s knife. [Verse 2] The target’s name is Kaelen, broke a high-security lock, Escaped the orbital prison while the systems were in shock. They say he’s cold and heartless, that he fled his day in court, The kind of jagged shadow that the law cannot support. I tracked his ion signature to a moon of dying red, Found him standing in the ruins where a million people bled. [Chorus] One last jump through the gravity well, One last hunt through a neon hell. The contract’s signed in digital ink, I’m standing right on the final brink. Just a simple catch, then a quiet life, Far away from the laser’s knife. [Bridge] But I found him at the monument, the site of the Great Cull, Where the Butcher of the Outer Rim cracked every living skull. Kaelen looked me in the eye, no fear inside his gaze, He said, "I didn't flee the trial to hide in a coward’s haze. I was there to end the Butcher, while the council sat and prayed, I struck the blow for every ghost that this monster’s hand had made." [Guitar Solo - Melancholy and Distorted] [Verse 3] Now the law says he’s a murderer, a fugitive in chains, But the law protected the Butcher while he washed away the stains. If I turn him in for credits, I’m a servant to a lie, If I let him walk the starlight, then my own career will die. The handcuffs feel like lead now, and the badge begins to blur, Who’s the criminal I’m hunting? I’m no longer quite so sure. [Chorus] One last jump through the gravity well, One last hunt through a neon hell. The contract’s signed in digital ink, I’m standing right on the final brink. Just a simple catch, then a quiet life, Far away from the laser’s knife. [Outro] The ship is idling on the pad, the stars are watching cold, A story of a bounty hunter, or a story yet untold? The choice is in the chamber, the decision’s on the line… Do I follow the commandment, or do I leave the law behind? One last hunt... One last choice... Is justice just a voice?