[Verse 1]
In nineteen twenty-two he wrote the line
That cuts through democratic design
When crisis hits and rules break down
Who holds the power, who wears the crown
Carl Schmitt observed what history shows
The one who decides when normal goes
[Chorus]
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception
Political Theology, Schmitt's conception
When the law fails and chaos grows
The sovereign is the one who knows
Exception, decision, sovereign power
This is the test of freedom's hour
[Verse 2]
Not parliament, not courts of law
When emergency breaks what they saw
The constitution cannot bind
The one who acts with sovereign mind
The exception proves the rule they say
But who decides exception's day
[Chorus]
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception
Political Theology, Schmitt's conception
When the law fails and chaos grows
The sovereign is the one who knows
Exception, decision, sovereign power
This is the test of freedom's hour
[Bridge]
Schmitt warned us what to watch and see
When normal law cannot be
The moment when someone must choose
Democracy can win or lose
The quote's exact, the year is clear
Twenty-two, the warning's here
[Verse 3]
Political Theology the book
Gave fascism a legal look
The exception as the sovereign's right
To step beyond law's binding sight
Remember Schmitt, remember well
The quote that tells democracy's knell
[Chorus]
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception
Political Theology, Schmitt's conception
When the law fails and chaos grows
The sovereign is the one who knows
Exception, decision, sovereign power
This is the test of freedom's hour
[Outro]
Nineteen twenty-two, the words ring true
Exception's power, nothing new
Schmitt's warning echoes through the years
When sovereignty and crisis nears