Non Serviam (Hymn of the Free Souls)

country, Anthemic art-pop hymn with female vocals; slow build from intimate piano and soft pads into a soaring, drum-heavy chorus with choral backing, Verse is spoken-sung, close-mic, over sparse chords; chorus blooms with big harmonies, tom-driven groove, and low strings carrying gravity, Final reprise strips back to piano, then explodes one last time with layered choir on the hook, female vocals, latin

[Verse 1] Mondego climbing up the stones Roads washed out like old excuses Bridges breaking, maps erased So what do we build now? Smart mouths Dumb choices Concrete over common sense We forgot our inner craft Sold our tools for empty flags [Pre-Chorus] In the floodlight of disaster Truth stands barefoot in the mud Asking one small question [Chorus] Non serviam I will not bow to ruin Non serviam I answer why not, to your why Between “you have to” and “you can't” We draw a third, wild line Non serviam Is how free souls rise [Verse 2] Classrooms made of kitchen tables Circuits scribbled on receipts Parallel, this university Of stubborn, shining synapses Ask why Again, again Then whisper, why not try? Every fallen road a doorway Every failure, fertile ground [Pre-Chorus] When the water takes the highway Let the questions take the wheel Hear the river call us [Chorus] Non serviam I will not bow to ruin Non serviam I answer why not, to your why Between “you have to” and “you can't” We draw a third, wild line Non serviam Is how free souls rise [Bridge] Raise your hands Ink and ash We were built for more than this From the inside, from the inside We remember how to fix Raise your voice Name the lie That obedience is peace We are seeds beneath the concrete Cracking through the grief (oh) [Chorus] Non serviam I will not bow to ruin Non serviam I answer why not, to your why Between “you have to” and “you can't” We draw a third, wild line Non serviam The way of free minds Non serviam Is how Portugal rises, this time

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