[Intro]
Click of a lock, breath in the wall
Some men steal coin, some answer a call

[Verse]
He never said much, but his eyes never slept
He counted each shadow the candlelight kept
With gloves soft as midnight and boots without sound
He knew every secret that floorboards had found

[Pre-Chorus]
The bard called him handsome, the dwarf called him rat
He smiled like a knife and said nothing to that
Then reached for his collar with fingers gone cold

[Chorus]
Thief of the silver key
What did you take, what did you set free
Under your shirt, close to your heart
You carried the lock that would tear us apart
Thief of the silver key
The door was waiting patiently

[Verse]
He stole it from ruins when he was a boy
From priests without faces and halls without joy
He thought it was luck, just a charm for the road
But sometimes a treasure remembers its code

[Pre-Chorus]
The map burned brighter, the key answered back
A moon-colored whisper, a hairline crack
The thief finally spoke and the whole room leaned in

[Chorus]
Thief of the silver key
What did you take, what did you set free
Under your shirt, close to your heart
You carried the lock that would tear us apart
Thief of the silver key
The door was waiting patiently

[Instrumental]
Fingers on metal
Breath held tight
One turn left
To wake the night

[Bridge]
He said, I have run from the thing I became
I have sold every truth, I have borrowed each name
But if this small key is the debt I must pay
Then open the dark and I’ll lead you halfway

[Chorus]
Thief of the silver key
What did you take, what did you set free
Under your shirt, close to your heart
You carried the lock that would tear us apart
Thief of the silver key
The door was waiting patiently

[Outro]
Click of a lock, breath in the wall
Some thieves steal nothing and still lose it all