They handed it out for free Then throttled it away from me Stamped my pulse in a ledger Tied my hands with code Bought his smile like a curfew Labeled mine Like a gate on a body Like a coin in a shrine But I know this old spell I know this chain A crown is still a cage When it speaks in your name My blood is not a contract My heart is not a node I was born with a door in me And I guard that road My autonomy (You do not own me) My autonomy (My body, my mind) No lord, no line, no leash My own hand on the keys My autonomy My autonomy They call it safety When they count what I kiss They call it order When they name what I miss And the men in the high towers With their polished gold Want our want in a folder Want our souls bought and sold But I know this old spell I know this chain A crown is still a cage When it speaks in your name My blood is not a contract My heart is not a node I was born with a door in me And I guard that road My autonomy (You do not own me) My autonomy (My body, my mind) No lord, no line, no leash My own hand on the keys My autonomy My autonomy We are not property Not your children Not a pretty permission For their hungry eyes Not a temple for brokers Not a womb for control Not a screen to be raided Not a script for the soul My autonomy (You do not own me) My autonomy (My body, my mind) No lord, no line, no leash My hand holds this key My autonomy My autonomy Raise the root and the river Raise the server and the flame What they made to contain us Will forget our names My autonomy My autonomy (We take it back)
