[INTRO — distorted whisper / radio static] Wake up. Look closer. Who taught you what to want? Who profits when you forget? [VERSE 1] They draw the borders, then sell you the map Build the cage, then charge for the gap Take your language, rename your street Put their flag where your heartbeat beats Gold in the palace Dust in the lungs History rewritten Through a stranger's tongue They call it progress They call it peace But the machine keeps eating And it never says please [PRE-CHORUS — rising, clipped vocals] You don't need their permission You don't need their throne You don't need their version Of what you call home [CHORUS — screamed / shouted, explosive] WE ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY WE ARE NOT YOUR MARKET WE ARE NOT YOUR MEMORY YOU DON'T GET TO CARVE IT NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own the ground NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own the sound NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own the mind We were never yours To redesign [POST-CHORUS — frantic electronic chant] BUY — OBEY — CONSUME — REPEAT WORK — DECAY — DELETE — DELETE NEW FACE NEW NAME SAME HAND SAME GAME [VERSE 2] They teach the child what beauty should be Then sell the mirror for a monthly fee Teach you to hate your inherited face Then package imitation as "taste" Every screen says "Become somebody else" Every billboard whispers "Abandon yourself" They don't need soldiers When the conquered police their own They don't need chains When the prison feels like home [BREAKDOWN — half-time, crushing] WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HATE YOUR MOTHER TONGUE? WHO TAUGHT YOU TO FEAR YOUR OWN? WHO PROFITS WHEN A PEOPLE FORGETS WHAT THEY HAVE KNOWN? [GLITCHED VOCAL] Erase the name Erase the song Erase the story Then tell us we were wrong [CHORUS — larger, layered screams] WE ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY WE ARE NOT YOUR MARKET WE ARE NOT YOUR MEMORY YOU DON'T GET TO CARVE IT NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own the ground NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own the sound NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own the mind We were never yours To redesign [BRIDGE — dark, hypnotic, whispered over pulsing noise] They took the monuments They took the names They took the children They took the flames But memory survives Under concrete and wire A buried language Can still catch fire You can occupy a city You can occupy a school You can occupy a body But you cannot own the soul [BUILD — increasingly chaotic] WE REMEMBER WE REMEMBER WE REMEMBER Not your version Not your language Not your image Not your cage WE REMEMBER [FINAL CHORUS — maximum intensity] WE ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY WE ARE NOT YOUR MARKET WE ARE NOT YOUR MEMORY YOU DON'T GET TO CARVE IT NO MORE! NO MORE! Let the old walls fall NO MORE! NO MORE! We don't need your call NO MORE! NO MORE! You don't own our minds You can keep your empire WE'LL KEEP OUR LIVES [OUTRO — machine noise / chopped vocal] You taught us what to want. You taught us what to fear. You taught us to disappear. WE DIDN'T DISAPPEAR. [STATIC] WE REMEMBER.
