They taught me stillness like it was mercy Called the cage a shelter, called the lock a key I learned the weight of light before it blinded Watched the stage collapse under who designed it No crown in my mouth, no throne in my chest I learned how to breathe under calibrated stress They carve obedience into bone and routine Then sell you the lie that it keeps you clean History grins with a blood-wet jaw Every law baptized in someone else’s loss They demand restraint, then feast in excess Order’s just hunger in a pressed dress You ask for my voice, you ration my breath Promise me safety, deliver me death!!! You ask for my voice, you ration my breath Promise me safety, deliver me death!!! I will not kneel I will not dissolve I stand intact Where your heavens stall No borrowed fire No sacred leash I name myself And I end what you are Pressure climbs, no space to hide Truth hits faster than the lie Speed strips mercy, strips disguise No halo survives open eyes You need me quiet, small, contained I need my pulse unchained Authority moves like a rehearsed wound Teach you the steps, then seal the room Authority moves like a rehearsed wound Teach you the steps, then seal the room Performance replaces the pulse of the real Applause anesthetic, compliance the deal They fear the moment you look unafraid When meaning stops begging to be displayed I tore out the script, left silence to stare If hell is honest, I’ll breathe it's FUCKING AIR! I don’t kneel I don’t bow You built the altar I burn it down No throne above me No debt below I stand the weight You can’t control I fell into fire and learned its name It doesn’t judge, it doesn’t explain It strips the lie till only truth remains Pain is a border Choice is the claim I will not kneel I will not break I stand awake In the fault you fake No god-song No borrowed flame I name myself Unowned, unclaimed This is not worship This is not war This is a spine You couldn’t break
