Verse 1 I did the math on a napkin at 2 AM Interest, principal, and where it all begins I was born already owing, signed before I knew my name Just another line item in somebody else's game Verse 2 They tell you it's your choices, tell you it's your fault Like the whole thing wasn't built to keep you in the vault Work a little harder, take a little more That's the only door they ever showed you — one more door Chorus (soft, almost breaking) And you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy That's what they keep telling me I used to think that freedom was a feeling Now I think it's just a currency And I'm still paying, I'm still paying For a life I didn't choose So play me something honest 'Cause I've got nothing left to lose Verse 3 There's no room of shadows, no secret hand to blame Just a thousand quiet choices adding up to the same It's not a conspiracy, it's just the water we're all in Rising slow enough that no one noticed it begin Bridge (spoken/half-sung, just guitar) I'm not angry at the players I'm just tired of the game Everybody's just surviving Everybody says the same — "It's not me, it's just the system" Yeah, I know, I know, I know But somebody built the system And somebody's gotta go Final Chorus (fuller, but still acoustic — maybe a second guitar layers in) And I won't own nothing, I won't be happy Not the way you meant it, no I'll own my name, I'll own my anger I'll own the parts you tried to sell 'Cause even if you strip the whole world down to nothing I'm still here I'm still here Outro (just a fingerpicked line, fading) Interest never sleeps, but I'm awake now... I'm awake now.
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