[Verse 1]
They handed me a list of who to be
Before I ever learned to speak
A set of chains disguised as truth
Wrapped in promises they couldn’t keep
Every question got another wall
Every scar became a crime
Taught to fear the things I feel
And leave my nature all behind
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me why I’m fighting
The voice beneath my skin
If I was made this way
Then where does the lie begin?
[Chorus]
We’re breaking under borrowed halos
Drowning in a moral code
Living like we’re guilty
For the way our hearts are wired
Every instinct is a battlefield
Every feeling’s under fire
We’re not broken, we’re just buried
Under someone else’s design
So let the walls come down
Let the animal survive
[Verse 2]
They call it weakness, call it shame
Call it everything but real
Build a prison out of virtue
Then wonder why we never heal
We hide the hunger in our veins
Wear a mask until it cracks
Spend our whole lives chasing freedom
While dragging all that judgment back
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe all this pretending
Is the sickness we’re defending
Maybe truth is in the things
We were taught to lock away
[Chorus]
We’re breaking under borrowed halos
Drowning in a moral code
Living like we’re guilty
For the way our hearts are wired
Every instinct is a battlefield
Every feeling’s under fire
We’re not broken, we’re just buried
Under someone else’s design
So let the walls come down
Let the animal survive
[Bridge]
I don’t need another sermon
I don’t need another cage
I’ve spent enough years apologizing
For the blood inside my veins
If heaven wants perfection
Then it never wanted me
Because I was born a human
Not a machine
[Final Chorus]
We’re breaking under borrowed halos
Tearing down the great divide
No more fear of what we are
No more running, no more hiding
Every instinct is a compass
Every scar a warning sign
We’re not broken, we’re awakening
One truth at a time
Let the walls come down
Let the animal survive
Let the walls come down
And let us be alive
