The foundation of everything else. Before courage, before integrity, before any other virtue — a man must take responsibility. For his dog, his room, his chores, his promises. And when he fails? That’s his watch too.
“It’s easy to say ‘I didn’t mean to.’ It’s harder to say ‘Yeah, that was me too.’”
The arrangement opens soft and intimate — solo piano with light strings, a father speaking quietly to his son. As the lesson sinks in, the orchestra swells. By the final chorus, it’s triumphant: this boy will become a man who doesn’t look away.