I Owe You Nothing – Vera Noir [Verse 1 – Ignored] Fever on my skin, my body so weak, I stood in the ER, too tired to speak. “I’m bleeding, I’m shaking,” I whispered that night, but she smiled and said, “It’s your period, alright.” So I walked back home with the ache in my chest, with the quiet, cold knowledge – my pain’s not worth a test. Ten years kept on passing, no one would care, my body kept burning – just pain everywhere. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – Pain] Two operations – two pieces of me, left on cold tables, in white surgery sheets. Put back together but never the same, a body that fights and a heart full of shame. ⸻ [Chorus – Resignation] I invented nothing – I just endured, month after month, without a cure. I’m not broken – just cut into shape, forced into womanhood I can’t escape. ⸻ [Verse 2 – ✊ The Turning Point: Guilt & Demands] And then – after all those years gone by, you stand before me and you dare to ask why. “When will it happen? Why haven’t you tried?” “So selfish of you – you’ll regret it with time.” You never once listened when pain took my voice, you dismissed every struggle as if I had a choice. But now this body’s suddenly public domain, suddenly meant to deliver again. Suddenly I’m guilty because nothing grows, because my womb stays empty – that’s how the story goes. Suddenly I’m cold, too weak, too late – but no one’s asked what’s behind that state. ⸻ [Chorus – Anger & Awakening] I never promised – you made demands. I spilled my blood, and you never took a stand. Now you want my life – after all that’s been done, but this body is mine – it’s always been one. ⸻ [Bridge – Manifesto, soft but strong] I owe you no smile. I owe you no child. I owe you no part in a script I don’t define. I owe you no “yes” where my heart says “no.” I owe you no future in a world that let me go. ⸻ [Final Chorus – Anthemic, strong] I invented nothing – I carried it all, with scars on my skin that you’ll never recall. And if you believe I’m worth less without this gift – then listen closely: I owe you nothing.
