[Verse 1]
Carl Schmitt walked through Weimar's fall
Watched democracy crumble, wrote it all
Friend and enemy, the distinction clear
Politics born when the line appears
Crown jurist rising in the Nazi sphere
Exception and rule, his theory here
[Chorus]
Schmitt says the sovereign decides
When normal law no longer applies
Exception proves the rule exists
Emergency power, he insists
Friend or foe, you must decide
That's where politics resides
[Verse 2]
Constitutional crisis, who holds the sword?
When parliament fails, who speaks the word?
Decisionism cuts through the debate
Not norms or procedures that validate
The one who chooses in the crucial hour
That's where you'll find the sovereign power
[Chorus]
Schmitt says the sovereign decides
When normal law no longer applies
Exception proves the rule exists
Emergency power, he insists
Friend or foe, you must decide
That's where politics resides
[Bridge]
Liberalism hides the truth, he claims
Behind procedures and legal games
But when crisis comes, masks fall away
Someone must act, someone must say
This is the moment, this is the choice
Democracy needs an executive voice
[Verse 3]
Concept of the Political revealed
Politics isn't what you've been told to feel
Not economics, not moral right
Just the intensity of friend-foe sight
When groups prepare to kill or die
That's when political stakes run high
[Chorus]
Schmitt says the sovereign decides
When normal law no longer applies
Exception proves the rule exists
Emergency power, he insists
Friend or foe, you must decide
That's where politics resides
[Outro]
From Weimar's chaos to Nazi state
Schmitt's ideas sealed democracy's fate
Exception became the permanent rule
The sovereign made the people tools
Remember well this cautionary tale
When normal politics starts to fail