I just want peace

**i just want peace**  
*(screamed over blast beats, drop-tuned guitars, everything clipping in the red)*

[Verse 1]  
I wake up choking on the same damn air  
Every notification’s another middle finger in my face  
They want my outrage, they want my despair  
They monetize the panic, put my cortisol in a race  

I’m not your content farm, I’m not your outrage machine  
Stop shoving hot takes down my throat like it’s caffeine  
I’m begging on my knees in the middle of the scream  
Just shut the fuck up for five goddamn minutes—please  

[Pre-chorus]  
I don’t want your side  
I don’t want your tribe  
I don’t want your war porn at 3:19  

[Chorus]  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
But you keep handing me grenades  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
But the algorithm wants rage  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
So why’s my brain a shooting range?  
I JUST WANT—  
I JUST WANT—  
SOME FUCKING PEACE  

[Verse 2]  
Mom’s on the phone crying about the headlines again  
Dad’s doom-scrolling till his eyes are bleeding red  
My sister’s posting manifestos at 2 a.m.  
And I’m the asshole ’cause I won’t pick a side instead  

They scream “silence is violence” from both fucking ends  
So I open my mouth and get crucified by friends  
I’m tired of bleeding just to prove I’m not pretend  
I’m tired of every sentence starting with “but what about them—”  

[Pre-chorus]  
I don’t want your script  
I don’t want your clique  
I don’t want your culture-war crucifixion  

[Chorus]  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
But you keep handing me grenades  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
But the algorithm wants rage  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
So why’s my brain a shooting range?  
I JUST WANT—  
I JUST WANT—  
SOME FUCKING PEACE  

[Breakdown – half-time, guttural]  
Turn it off  
TURN IT OFF  
TURN IT THE FUCK OFF  
I’m not your soldier  
I’m not your fodder  
I’m not your dopamine slot machine  
I’M JUST A PERSON  
TRYING NOT TO SCREAM  

[Final chorus – layered, desperate, cracking]  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
(But the world keeps screaming louder)  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
(And my hands are shaking harder)  
I JUST WANT PEACE  
(But peace is a ghost in the mirror)  
I JUST WANT—  
I JUST WANT—  
SOME FUCKING PEACE  

[Outro – whispered, then final scream into feedback]  
…please…  
…just once…  
…let it be quiet…  

I JUST WANT PEACE!

*(guitar squeals into silence, then one last cymbal crash that never quite lands)*

Rage