[Intro – low, choral, ceremonial] No crown asked. No vote required. No permission given. [Verse 1] They offered systems, paths, and plans, Ballots dressed as open hands. They said, “Choose—but choose inside The lines we drew before your life.” They promised order, safety, peace, In exchange for agency. But I don’t need a master plan To know my life is not theirs to command. [Pre-Chorus] If freedom waits for approval, It isn’t freedom at all. [Chorus – slow, anthemic, choral weight] No permission required to breathe, to think, to say no. No permission required to walk away from your throne. I don’t ask the cage for keys— I remember I was never owned. No permission required. I stand. I leave. Alone. [Verse 2] They say, “Change the rules from inside,” As if the game were neutral, alive. But a system built on force and fear Doesn’t reform—it just rearranges chains. I don’t fight for a better leash, I end the logic that needs one to exist. You can keep your power, your seals, your claim— I withdraw the belief that made it reign. [Pre-Chorus 2] When consent is gone, obedience is not virtue. It’s habit. [Chorus – variation] No permission required to be sovereign and awake. No permission required to refuse the deal you make. They rule by ritual and tone— I end it by walking away. No permission required. The spell breaks today. [Bridge – stripped, final clarity] No saviors. No reforms. No new rulers. Just the end of asking. [Break – minimal low pulse, heartbeat-style kick, breath sounds, no melody] [Final Chorus – deepest, eternal] No permission required to live as what I am. No permission required to exit every plan. When power needs belief to stand, belief is where it ends. No permission required— this is how freedom begins. [Outro – quiet, absolute] Freedom is not granted. It is remembered.
