No Strings on Me

“No Strings on Me”

Intro (spoken, distant)

Yeah…

I ain’t bitter

I’m just not blind anymore

Verse 1

You had my heart hanging off your wrist

Every move I made, you controlled that shit

Pulled my strings, I danced in doubt

Till I felt the knife when you cut me down

I was your fool, I wore that role

Loved you deep, you played it cold

You talked sweet, but your hands were rough

I gave too much, you gave me less

Pre-Chorus

Now I see clear in the aftermath

You broke me free when you did me bad

Funny how pain can open eyes

When the love was just a disguise

Chorus (melodic)

I’m not your fool anymore

No strings on me, I hit the door

You tried to break me, tried to bend

But I won’t be owned again

Now I wander under open skies

Looking for truth, not alibis

I’ll be a fool for love that’s real

Someone permanent… who treats me well

Verse 2

Late nights, stars above my head

Talking to ghosts of what you said

I still feel scars when the silence talks

Still hear your voice when the city walks

Jaguar staring when I look down

Ink still heavy, lessons loud

It don’t hurt like it did before

But it reminds me what love cost

Pre-Chorus

That pain built walls, but it made me strong

Taught me what I’ll never accept wrong

I won’t beg, I won’t chase lies

I’d rather walk alone than die inside

Chorus (melodic)

I’m not your fool anymore

No strings on me, I hit the door

You tried to break me, tried to bend

But I won’t be owned again

Now I wander under open skies

Looking for truth, not alibis

I’ll be a fool for love that’s real

Someone permanent… who treats me well

Bridge (half-rap, reflective)

Jaguar tears still stain the night

But they don’t control my life

They remind me who survived

Not who I used to be inside

One day she’ll touch this inked-up pain

And it won’t hurt, it won’t feel the same

She won’t erase the past I lived

But she’ll change what it means to exist

Chorus (last — hopeful but sad)

Yeah, I’m not your fool anymore

I learned what heartbreak’s for

I walk alone, but I walk free

No chains, no puppet strings on me

Jaguar scars under starry nights

Still whisper truths, still tell me why

I’ll be a fool one last time

For someone who loves me right

Outro (spoken)

I’m nobody’s puppet now…

But someday…

I’ll be somebody’s choice