YOU DONT OWN ME

INTRO – Spoken Standoff (Dry, tense, cinematic) MAN (slow, grounded, almost exhausted): I used to believe the weight on me was who I was… Like I was marked… owned… finished before I even started. DEVIL (rap cadence, distorted aggression, ALL CAPS): YOU AIN’T NEVER BEEN FREE, YOU JUST CALL IT THAT NAME EVERY STEP THAT YOU TAKE STILL BELONGS IN MY GAME I BUILT EVERY DOUBT LIKE A THRONE IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU FOLLOW WHERE I LEAD LIKE YOU’RE ALREADY DEAD VERSE 1 – Groove-driven nu-metal (tight rhythm, percussive vocal delivery) Static in my mind like a broken signal line Every lie I believed tried to redefine my life Pressure on my chest like a steel-frame cage But something in my spirit wouldn’t stay in that rage I’ve been labeled, I’ve been shattered, I’ve been left for gone But I still hear a pulse when the night gets long And it’s louder than the voices that try to pull me under Like a storm in my bones breaking silence like thunder PRE-CHORUS – Rising tension (clean + grit blend) You don’t get the final say over me I feel the ground shaking underneath CHORUS – Anthemic, melodic metalcore hook (big, wide, open) YOU DON’T OWN ME NOT MY MIND, NOT MY SOUL, NOT MY STORY YOU DON’T OWN ME I’M BREAKING OUT OF EVERY LIE YOU WROTE IN ME EVERY CHAIN THAT YOU BUILT JUST LOST ITS GRIP TONIGHT I AM NOT YOURS—I AM CALLED INTO LIGHT VERSE 2 – Rap-metal / aggressive rhythmic flow I walked through fire where the silence screams Every shadow tried to rewrite my dreams But I learned the weight of a name that heals Cuts deeper than anything darkness feels You had me thinking I was nothing but dust Like I was built for failure, built to rust But every accusation just crumbles and fades When truth hits harder than the prison you made BRIDGE – JESUS SPEAKS (clean, calm, authoritative, spacious mix) JESUS (spoken, steady, emotionally powerful): You were never created to be claimed by darkness. You are known. You are seen. And nothing that held you has authority over who I made you to be. Rise. BREAKDOWN – Heavy groove / syncopated riff emphasis Fall off me Break off me Hold don’t last Chains don’t breathe (Instrumental emphasis: palm-muted riff stabs, rhythmic stops, industrial tension) FINAL CHORUS – Expanded, victorious, layered vocals YOU DON’T OWN ME NOT MY PAST, NOT MY BREATH, NOT MY DESTINY YOU DON’T OWN ME I’M STANDING WHERE YOUR VOICE CAN NO LONGER REACH ME EVERY LIE JUST COLLAPSED IN THE LIGHT I SEE I AM NOT YOURS—I AM FINALLY FREE OUTRO – Resolution (clean spoken, grounded identity shift) MAN (steady, clear): I hear it now… that voice was never truth. I was never owned. I was always called.