Title: “The Laws That Take Away” Verse 1 They sit in rooms and write our fate, Drawing new borders around our days, Another law, another ban, Another piece ripped from our hands. They don’t build a better world, They don’t make our lives complete, They just take another freedom away And call it progress in the street. Pre-Chorus Our ancestors stood against the night, They fought for words, they fought for rights, They paid the price, they took the blows, So we could live the life we chose. Chorus But every day they take a little more, Every law becomes another locked door, The freedoms they died for, the rights they won, Are disappearing one by one. We’re watching history being erased, While they put new chains in place, And if we let them take it all away, Tomorrow we’ll have nothing left to say. Verse 2 A thousand pages, a thousand rules, Written by people who think we’re fools, They decide what we can do or say, Then act surprised when we walk away. The cage doesn’t need iron bars, It can be built with words and laws, A little restriction, a little control, Until they own your body and soul. Bridge Freedom was never handed down, It was stolen back from those who wore the crown, Every right came from a fight, Every victory came from sacrifice. So don’t forget the ones before, Who kicked down every prison door, Because the chains we fail to see Are the ones that bury liberty. Final Chorus Every day they take a little more, Every law becomes another locked door, The past is fading, the future’s sold, While we watch our freedom turn to gold. We are not born to obey, We are not numbers on a page, A free man’s voice can shake the ground, When enough people stand their ground. Outro They can write their laws, They can build their walls, But freedom lives When someone still calls.
