[Intro – calm, low, controlled] Without permission… you planned my life. Without permission… you drew the lines. [Verse 1] You never asked my name, you spoke in graphs and law. You called it “collective good” and crossed a line you never saw. You didn’t come with chains, you came with reasoned tone. Explaining why my choices worked better if they weren’t my own. [Pre-Chorus] You said it was necessary. You said it was too complex. But complexity doesn’t cancel what you never had the right to take. [Chorus – clear, memorable] Without permission, you claimed my days. Without permission, you chose my ways. You call it order, I call it theft. Without permission, nothing is left. [Verse 2] You hid behind procedures, behind votes and policies. As if numbers could erase individual sovereignty. You said, “This is how it works,” you said, “There is no alternative.” But power that assumes itself was never authoritative. [Pre-Chorus 2] You don’t gain a right by repeating a lie. And a crowd can’t crown you ruler over a life that isn’t mine. [Chorus – variation] Without permission, you took control. Without permission, you played the role. No mandate written, no consent given. Without permission, you rule no one. [Bridge – stripped, slow, heavy truth] Not elected. Not appointed. Not ordained. Authority is not inherited— it’s granted. And I never gave it to you. [Break – silence / low pulse] [Final Chorus – deeper, resolute] Without permission, this ends today. I don’t rebel— I step away. No threat, no rage, no explanation. I simply withdraw my participation. [Outro – calm, final] Power survives on compliance. It collapses when permission is removed.
