NO PERMISSION

[Intro – Low, intimate, no drums] [Deep sub hum] Stop waiting. For permission. [Beat enters softly] ⸻ [Verse 1 – Talk-sung, restrained] I’ve been biting back the truth Like it’s dangerous to say Measuring my every move So no one turns away Walking circles in my room Static in my chest Every time I go to speak I second-guess the rest I made myself smaller To make the tension lift But shrinking never saved me It only made me split ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – Subtle lift, space in drums] No one’s coming to approve No one’s handing me a sign I kept asking for permission To live inside my own mind ⸻ [Chorus – Controlled, grounded] Stop waiting for permission Stop asking to exist I built myself from pressure You don’t get to dismiss I won’t fold inside the silence I won’t edit what I am If I pace it’s just momentum Not a weakness — it’s a stand No permission. ⸻ [Verse 2 – Slightly fuller production, still restrained] I learned to read the room Before I read myself Put everyone else first Left my needs on the shelf Every expectation Sitting heavy on my spine Like I owe the world an answer For simply being alive I’m not here to be convenient Not here to make it neat I survived a thousand winters Standing on my own two feet ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2 – Wider pad, low harmony layer] No more waiting to be chosen No more shrinking to survive If my voice shakes when I use it That just means it’s still alive ⸻ [Final Chorus – Slight lift, wider low harmonies, more drums] Stop waiting for permission Stop asking to exist I built myself from pressure Now I rise from it I won’t hide inside a version That was built to keep me safe If I pace it’s just momentum I am moving — not afraid No permission. No more.