Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Hums fall out of tune Silence pushes back They dressed the lie in borrowed light Said hold this line, said stand and fight I swallowed words I couldn’t chew Watched them bloom into something cruel Every promise pulled me thin Red thread burning through my skin I smiled so they wouldn’t ask Cheering sounds like rainfall now Pretty, distant, falling down They wave from screens, they never bleed They sell belief like luxury My hands are tired of pretending I won’t clap for another grave Won’t call it brave when it’s just paved With younger names and older lies Fed to drums and battle cries If peace needs blood to make its case Then I refuse that language Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Echo argues with echo One says stay, one says run Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Heartbeat stutters The thread pulls tight They taught me how to lower my eyes How to praise the sacrifice But every “must” they hand to me Feels like dressed-up theft of breath I hear the mothers through the noise Not victory, just broken voice I won’t sing for another flag I won’t let grief be something dragged Across a stage for men to sell While truth gets quieter than shells The red thread frays in my hands What if courage is saying no When the whole room tells you go What if honor learns to stop Before the body hits the drop I pull the knot, I break the seam Let the silence scream at me If this is treason, let it be I choose the living over me I won’t clap for another grave Won’t dress up death in words like “saved” No more hymns for borrowed fame No more sons for their old game I cut the thread, I let it fall Peace doesn’t need your war at all Mm-mmm, mm-mmm Echo fades to breath Hands unclench The snap is clean
