Free

​(Intro - Sound of deep breathing, like someone emerging from water. Muffled beat becoming clear.)

(It’s over.)

(I finally breathed.)

(Get out of my way.)

​(Verse 1 - Slow flow, deep and hoarse voice, almost tired)

I carried a corpse on my back for years

And the worst part is that body was mine

I accepted crumbs, swallowed my plans

Lived in a theater where only I wasn’t me

The mirror showed me a stranger, a hostage

Of the words you used to belittle me

I thought I was nobody

That I needed this toxicity to exist

But today I woke up and the taste was bitter

The taste of blood from biting my tongue so much

Decided I won’t carry this burden anymore

I’m leaving this version of me to starve.

​(Pre-Chorus)

Every time I said "yes" wanting to say "no"

I dug my own grave a little deeper

But I stopped digging.

I dropped the shovel.

Now watch me rise.

​(Chorus - Explosive, raspy vocals, heavy trap/rock beat)

I’m no longer a hostage to what broke me!

Look closely at me, see what’s left

It’s pure gold in the scars I closed

I am the king of the empire I reconquered myself

Take your poison, 'cause I already have the antidote

My self-love is now my only vice

I’m free from this cycle!

​(Verse 2 - Faster rap, aggressive, cutting)

Cutting ties like cutting a bomb wire

Before I was afraid of my own shadow

Today I am the darkness that scares you

Because I learned how much my peace costs

And it was expensive, paid with sleepless nights and crises

But there’s nothing left that paralyzes me

Don't come calling me arrogant

Just because I'm no longer that ignorant one

Who accepted anything just not to be alone

I burned that boy, and he turned to dust.

​(Bridge - Instrumental quiets down, just a striking bass. Firm voice, spoken.)

I thank the pain.

It taught me exactly what I don’t want to be.

You thought I’d die buried in this?

I am a seed. I grew in the middle of the trash.

​(Final Chorus - Max energy, instruments cranked up, cathartic)

I’m no longer a hostage to what broke me! (Never again!)

Look closely at me, see what’s left

It’s pure gold in the scars I closed

I am the king of the empire I reconquered myself

Take your poison, 'cause I already have the antidote

My self-love is now my only vice

I’m free from this cycle! (FREE!)

​(Outro - Sound of firm footsteps walking away. Sudden silence.)

I don't look back.

Free I am.