Human By Choice

You called it danger, I heard
Fear, you shouted straight so none would
Hear you.
I wanted love beneath your feet
I faced the eyes you would not meet
I will not kill to feel secure.
I will
Not hate what
I don't know.
Call me
Beast and hear my voice
Dragon in flesh
Human by choice
You saw
Beast, I saw life
You raised the axe, I lowered mine.
Every voice condemned my name.
I will not
Bow when you
Do the same.
With pride our hearts
Demand the brave.
I stand
Between the weak and brave
Call me beast and hear my voice
Dragon in flesh
Human by choice
Raven's wheel, signs remain
See the road through snow and rain.
No
Hall, no praise can return the life you take.
If fear walks, let it come.
You still breathe, you are
Not done.
Odin judge the road
I choose
By the lives
I will not lose
I do not need your praise at all.
I need
Your hand when others fall.
Love stands
Firm when fear takes form.
It stays
Right here inside the storm.
I was
Afraid and stayed inside
The life they left behind
Let fear speak
I still decide
Let blades fly
DRAGON IN [screaming] FLESH
HUMAN BY CHOICE let
Odin hear it
In our voice
We chose to live it
Let it out