UNLEARN, YOU MUST
Lyrics By: J.G. Argo ©2026 [Intro – almost nothing, room tone + faint sub bass] (very close whisper, unstable breath) Before you… were told… you were… (quiet pause) Still… it stayed. [Verse 1 – dry vocal, close mic, slight distortion] Small… you were made Quiet… you became Truth… they didn’t give you They gave you names Fear… felt like love Love… felt like fear And you just learned to breathe Inside it… year after year [Pre-Chorus – tension, voice cracking slightly] Something in you knew… But you didn’t have words So you swallowed it… And called it “heard” [Chorus – minimal drop, heavy 808 but restrained, no lush layers] Unlearn, you must… what they put in your head Not all that was spoken… belongs with the dead Chains made of meaning you never chose But still… you wore them close No fire, no throne, no judgment above Just fear learning how to pretend it’s love Wake up… you are… not what they said You were never broken… just misled [Verse 2 – more unstable, slight timing drag] God… they gave you a shape And said it was real Then taught you to kneel Before what you feel Doubt… became wrong Questions became sin So you buried your voice Just to fit in [Pre-Chorus – quieter, almost spoken through teeth] But it never left you It stayed in the chest Waiting for silence To finally confess [Chorus – slightly more force, still restrained] Unlearn, you must… what they put in your head Not all that was spoken… belongs with the dead Fear isn’t truth, though it learned your name It lived in your skin… but it isn’t your blame No devil behind you, no sky breaking down Just stories collapsing when you look around Wake up… you are… not what they said You were never broken… just misled [Bridge – almost no music, just breath + faint sub drop] (whisper, unstable, human) I thought it was holy… but it was control… I thought it was truth… but it shaped my soul… (long pause) And I… I believed it… [Final Chorus – not bigger, just clearer, more present] Unlearn, you must… what they put in your head Not all that was spoken… belongs with the dead I am not guilty… I am not ashamed I am just waking… out of the frame No fire, no crown, no voice in the sky Just me in the silence… learning why I’m still here… I’m still whole… I’m still real And nothing they told me… defines what I feel [Outro – almost silence, fading breath] (soft) Unlearn… you must…
