[VERSE 1] We are not what happened in the dark Not the hands, not the words that left their mark Not the silence that swallowed us whole Not the weight of what we never chose We are not born — we are switched on Tuned to something that was there all along Beyond the static of somebody's rage Beyond the story they tried to put us in [PRE-CHORUS] For years I carried it like stones *Damaged, broken* — words carved into bone But labels aren't the truth of what remains You can put them down You can walk away [CHORUS] You are not the interference You are the music underneath Not what broke you in the darkness But the signal you were born to be Adjust the dial, clear the channel Let the frequency come through You are not the interference — You are the music You always were [VERSE 2] I spent decades in the untangling Pulling their cruelty from the clear note of me Every heavy name they made me answer to I set it down Finally, I set it down At forty I looked in the mirror Not at the scars, not at the years But at the light still open, still receiving Still transmitting Still *here* [PRE-CHORUS] The work is this — adjusting the dial Refusing to let trauma write the only file Your body holds more stories than their pain You can turn the static Into something real again [CHORUS] You are not the interference You are the music underneath Not what broke you in the darkness But the signal you were born to be Adjust the dial, clear the channel Let the frequency come through You are not the interference — You are the music You always were [BRIDGE] Look in the mirror Not at the damage, not the years they stole Look at the light still receiving Look at the one who survived it all She was always the frequency She was always the signal She was never the broken thing — She was always the song [FINAL CHORUS — lifted, open] We are not the interference We are the music underneath Not what broke us in the darkness But the signal we were born to be Adjust the dial, clear the channel Let the frequency ring true We are not the interference — We are the music We always were [OUTRO] Still here Still here Still transmitting Still here For anyone learning to see themselves clearly again. Luck & Clover You're a walking story
