Bound Together

(Verse 1 – Woman) I walk with chains you cannot see, Yet still, they pull, they tether me. The weight of years, the echoes old, A silent script, a tale retold. (Verse 2 – Man) You speak of chains, yet here they lie, Wrapped 'round my throat, though none ask why. A silent war, a quiet grief, Taught to be strong, yet crave relief. (Chorus – Together) No one is free 'til the walls are undone, 'Til no one's beneath and no one's above. We rise or we fall as the tide on the sea, No one is free 'til we all can breathe. (Verse 3 – Woman) They shaped my path, they wrote my part, A softer voice, a silenced heart. Told to yield, to smile, to bow, But I won’t fade, not then, not now. (Verse 4 – Man) They carved my face from stone so cold, Taught me to fight, but not to hold. To bite my tongue, to stand alone, To wear a mask, to call it home. (Chorus – Together) No one is free 'til the walls are undone, 'Til no one's beneath and no one's above. We rise or we fall as the tide on the sea, No one is free 'til we all can breathe. (Bridge – Call & Response) (Woman) If you are shackled, so am I. (Man) If you are silenced, so must I. (Together) A weight once shared is lighter still, And bound as one, we bend the will. (Final Chorus – Together, soaring) No one is free 'til the walls are undone, 'Til no one's beneath and no one's above. We rise or we fall as the tide on the sea, No one is free 'til we all can breathe. [End]