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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Clock in with the scrape of my shoes
Badge swingin' like a chain
Grey hands on the factory floor
Same name, different pain
They said, "Keep your head down, kid"
So I learned to bite my tongue
Now the lunch break tastes like rust
And the day don't feel done
[Pre-Chorus]
I can feel it in my ribs
Like a door that's locked too long
Every yes I swallowed whole
Turns into a song
[Chorus]
Where's the freedom they sold me?
Where's the road they promised me?
I been workin' for a shadow
And a life I can't see
Take these chains off my heart
Take this weight off my skin
If freedom was a promise
Why'd they never let it in?
(Freedom)
(Why'd they never let it in?)
[Verse 2]
Rent note pinned to the fridge
Sink full of last week's rain
TV talks in a polished voice
Tellin' me to stay the same
I fill out forms with a shaking hand
Every line feels like a test
Feelin' small in a crowded room
With my future in a desk
[Pre-Chorus]
And the red tape wraps so tight
'Round the things I ought to breathe
They call that order, call that peace
But it don't look like peace to me
[Chorus]
Where's the freedom they sold me?
Where's the road they promised me?
I been workin' for a shadow
And a life I can't see
Take these chains off my heart
Take this weight off my skin
If freedom was a promise
Why'd they never let it in?
(Freedom)
(Why'd they never let it in?)
[Bridge]
I don't want a throne
I don't want a crown
I want my own two feet
On my own damn ground
I want sun on my face
And a name that's mine
Not a number in a file
Not a day on borrowed time
[Breakdown]
Hey!
I was promised more
I was promised air
I was promised a world
That would treat me fair
[Final Chorus]
Where's the freedom they sold me?
Where's the road they promised me?
I been workin' for a shadow
And a life I can't see
Take these chains off my heart
Take this weight off my skin
If freedom was a promise
Why'd they never let it in?
(Freedom)
(Why'd they never let it in?)
(Freedom)
(Why'd they never let it in?)
Details
GeneratedAug 12, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Style
Alternative rock with driving midtempo drums, jagged muted guitars, and a hook that lifts into wide open choruses; verse stays tense and close, pre-chorus strips to bass and tom-tom pulse, chorus opens with stacked doubles and gang vocal echoes. Use small feedback swells, a reverse cymbal into each lift, and a breakdown with handclaps and room noise before the final chorus. Bright, gritty mix with a bruised but anthemic edge., rock
Credits
Prompt bySnowyPulse601
ModelAria v5.5
Prompt
Create an alternate rock song about work, depression, and being under the thumb of government while aspiring and desiring to experience true freedom that was promised but never delivered by government
