# Nobody Beneath Us **[Intro — Children, distant and haunting]** Nobody beneath us… Nobody unseen… Nobody born for suffering, Nobody born beneath… **[Verse 1 — Male, low and controlled]** Steel doors, cold floors, fear in the breathing, Small hearts pound while the whole world keeps eating. We call it a product, a number, a price, Then wonder why mercy gets murdered by might. If power means taking from those who can’t fight, We practice the pattern, then carry it outside. From cages to borders, from barns into wars, The language keeps changing—the wound stays the source. **[Pre-Chorus — Female, rising over piano]** What if strength meant shelter? What if brave meant kind? What if every living heartbeat Had a place inside our minds? **[CHORUS — Female + Male, thunderous]** **NOBODY BENEATH US! Nobody erased!** **Peace begins wherever mercy takes its place!** From the farm to the frontline, every frightened face— If we want a world of love, then love must leave a trace. **Nobody beneath us! Nobody for sale!** No disposable heartbeat hidden past the veil. You can’t sow suffering and pray for peace to reign— **What we practice on the powerless comes home again.** **[Post-Chorus — Children]** Nobody beneath us… Nobody beneath… Mercy for the mighty, Mercy for the meek. **[Verse 2 — Male, faster, hard internal rhyme]** Big signs, bright lights, billions in branding, Meanwhile living beings barely understand it. Convenience conditioned us, distance disguised it, Put pain in a package so nobody recognized it. McDonald’s, markets, every massive chain— The question is bigger than a logo or a name. Can industry change if the people demand That profit never matters more than life in our hands? And soldiers are somebody’s sons in the smoke, Civilians are somebody’s reason for hope. The same mental shortcut—*their suffering is less*— Is the oldest little lie underneath every mess. **[Pre-Chorus — Female, soaring]** So widen the circle, Let compassion expand. Peace isn’t something we promise— It’s something we practice by hand. **[CHORUS — Full Orchestra]** **NOBODY BENEATH US! Nobody erased!** **Peace begins wherever mercy takes its place!** From the farm to the frontline, every frightened face— If we want a world of love, then love must leave a trace. **Nobody beneath us! Nobody for sale!** No disposable heartbeat hidden past the veil. You can’t sow suffering and pray for peace to reign— **What we practice on the powerless comes home again.** **[Bridge — Female solo, piano nearly alone]** I don’t need another enemy To tell me who I am. I can see a thought as only thought And choose a wiser plan. I can feel the rage without becoming it, Hold the grief and still stay kind. Every act of mercy plants a different future— Every choice can change a mind. **[Children — whispered, gradually multiplying]** No more cages. No more cruelty. No more children underneath falling skies. No more hunger. No more hatred. Let compassion be the way we organize. **[Breakdown — Male, thunderous bass enters]** If peace is the goal—then practice peace. If love is the law—then let love reach. Past species, status, borders, beliefs— **Nobody beneath. Nobody beneath.** **[Final Chorus — Female lead + Male harmony + Children + Choir]** **NOBODY BENEATH US! NOBODY ERASED!** **PEACE BEGINS WHEREVER MERCY TAKES ITS PLACE!** From the barn to the border, every life has weight— We don’t have to inherit every violence we create. **Nobody beneath us! Let the old world fail!** Let compassion become stronger than the market and the missile trail. No disposable bodies, no profitable pain— **What we practice on the powerless comes home again!** **[Final Lift — Children + Full Choir]** Nobody beneath us! Nobody alone! Make the Earth a sanctuary, Make compassion home! **[Outro — Female, almost whispered]** The war ends somewhere. Let it end in us.
