brainwashing [spoken-word] They came with a sermon and a polished smile, Said, “Give us your doubt, just stay for a while.” They painted the cage like a bright golden door, Then taught me to kneel when I asked for more. [spoken-word] They fed me their answers till questions went cold, Turned every young whisper to something they owned. They called it devotion, they called it the truth, But they were just stealing the fire from my youth. [Chorus] Wash the words away, let the river run wild, I am not your soldier, I am nobody’s child. You can shout from the pulpit, you can hammer the chain, But a mind once awakened won’t sleep the same. [spoken-word] They told me my memories had all been a lie, Put fear in my pocket and smoke in my eyes. Every road that I trusted, they blackened with doubt, Till I hated the voice that was screaming me out. [spoken-word] Now I carry the scars like a map in my skin, Every lie they planted has a crack running in. I hear my own footsteps, I follow my name, And I spit at the hands that kept feeding the flame. [Chorus] Wash the words away, let the river run wild, I am not your soldier, I am nobody’s child. You can shout from the pulpit, you can hammer the chain, But a mind once awakened won’t sleep the same. [Bridge] I was not born to be folded, not made to be sold. I learned how to burn through the lock when the story got old. So keep your holy lightning, keep your sharpened blame, I found my own voice now, and it speaks my name. [Final Chorus] Wash the words away, let the river run wild, I am not your soldier, I am nobody’s child. You can shout from the pulpit, you can hammer the chain, But a mind once awakened won’t sleep the same. Wash the words away, wash the words away.
