Don't break your back

Born inside a painted cage Another number another page They drew the lines before I could see Built their walls high around me They sold a dream of hollow gold Taught me to obey and do as I'm told March in rhythm and fall in line Trade my soul for borrowed time But there's a storm beneath my skin A restless fire burning within Every chain they've wrapped around my name Only feeds the rebellious flame I hear the whispers in the dark Calling me beyond the marks Beyond the labels and beyond the lies Beyond their ambiguous disguise Don't break your back on the track They herd us like we're all the same Don't break your back on the track Don't wear the mask and don't play the game Don't break your back on the track Just to become another mindless face I would rather walk through fire alone Than disappear without a trace I am not a carbon copy I am not a soulless clone I would rather stand apart Than never be my own The system feeds on fear and doubt Keeps the dreamers locked out Building boxes and drawing borders Manufacturing obedient soldiers But I was born beneath wild skies With rebellion in my eyes No blueprint and no assembly line My beating heart was never designed I hear the thunder calling me From the shadows I break free Every scar becomes a wing Every wound a reckoning Don't break your back on the track They herd us like we're all the same Don't break your back on the track Don't wear the mask and don't play the game Don't break your back on the track Just to become another mindless face I would rather walk through fire alone Than disappear without a trace I am not a carbon copy I am not a soulless clone I would rather stand apart Than never be my own Let the towers crumble Let the corrupted fall I would rather lose it all Than never live at all No master over me No script for me to read I am the author I am the seed The wolf doesn't ask permission The raven doesn't seek approval The moon doesn't beg acceptance And neither will I Don't break your back on the track This hate machine was never made for me Don't break your back on the track Don't wear the mask be what they fear you will be Don't break your back on the track Just to become another mindless face I will walk my own forbidden path Wild untamed and at my own pace I'm not a carbon copy I'm not their clone This is my life This is my throne I will boldly stand alone in my truth And refuse to be part of their corrupted spoof