Chains In Place

Verse 1

I don’t wear your colors, I don’t fit your brand

Everybody wants a soldier, I just wanna stand

Every screen is screaming, every side’s a war

Everybody selling panic like we’re shopping in a store

They cut us into pieces, call it truth and call it care

Keep us mad at one another so we never see who’s there

Every headline hits like theater, every story comes pre-spun

By the time you find the truth, the damage has been done

Chorus

I won’t bow to the noise, I won’t live afraid

They build a cage with anger and call it getting saved

They can push the fear, but I can see the game

If they keep us divided, then they keep the chains in place

Verse 2

They tell you pick a side now, red against the blue

But the hands behind the curtain profit either way they move

Different masks, same machine, polished lies and practiced rage

Keep the people fighting cheap while they get richer off the stage

Every fact gets filtered through a sponsored point of view

Every question gets you labeled by the mob before you’re through

They don’t want a nation thinking, they want tribes that never meet

Tired minds, short fuses, easy anger in the street

Chorus

I won’t bow to the noise, I won’t live afraid

They build a cage with anger and call it getting saved

They can push the fear, but I can see the game

If they keep us divided, then they keep the chains in place

Bridge

I don’t need a script, I don’t need a team

I can hear the cracks beneath the manufactured dream

Truth don’t need permission, freedom doesn’t beg

And a mind that won’t be bought is what they fear the best

Verse 3

I’m not here for idols, I’m not here for crowns

I’m just sick of watching decent people get torn down

By a system feeding chaos then pretending it’s reform

Keeping all of us distracted while they profit off the storm

So call me complicated, call me hard to categorize

I’d rather stand for something real than memorize their lies

You can keep the labels, keep the outrage, keep the show

I’m still my own man, and they can’t tell me where to go

Final Chorus

I won’t bow to the noise, I won’t live afraid

They build a cage with anger and call it getting saved

They can push the fear, but I can see the game

And the second we unite, they start trembling at the frame