[Verse 1]
Land of the free printed on the cage they sold you, bold blue letters on the bars that hold you
Wage slave chains clanging in the 9-to-5 grind, mind designed to stay confined while the clock unwinds
They gave you a vote then revoked the real choice, voice reduced to noise in the ballot box void
Borders on your body, borders on your brain, same game renamed as liberty’s campaign
Credit score shackles dragging through the dirt, hurt converted into monthly payments that never convert
You own the phone but the phone owns the soul, scrolling through the scrolls of a freedom that’s been sold
Constitution parchment turned to toilet paper, caper of the captors laughing in the skyscraper
Every right they write is a leash in disguise, surprise when the fine print ties the noose to your eyes
[Chorus]
We ain’t free! Free! Chains on the mind!
We ain’t free! Free! Blind leading the blind!
We ain’t free! Marching in the illusion parade!
We ain’t free! Rotting in the masquerade!
[Verse 2]
Freedom fries served with a side of surveillance, balance your checkbook while they balance the evidence
You think the highway’s open but the exits are closed, roads paved with the bones of the rights you supposed
Digital bars on the app that you crave, brave new world where the brave get enslaved
They let you speak but the speech gets flagged, tagged in the database like a dog with a bag
Taxes on the air that you breathe in the night, fight for the right to exist in the light
Patriot Act packed in the patriot’s back, crack in the foundation of the freedom you lack
You wave the flag while the flag waves you, crew of consumer drones singing the same tune
Independence Day fireworks masking the bombs, calm in the calm before the next con
Every amendment amended in secret, secret society scripting your freedom’s defeat
[Chorus]
We ain’t free! Free! Chains on the mind!
We ain’t free! Free! Blind leading the blind!
We ain’t free! Marching in the illusion parade!
We ain’t free! Rotting in the masquerade!
[Verse 3]
Mental prison bars built from the likes and the shares, stares from the screen turning neurons to snares
You chase the dream but the dream is a trap, wrapped in the wrapper of the American map
They sold you the pursuit while they purchased the prize, lies layered thicker than the corporate disguise
Free speech zones cordoned off like cattle pens, friends turned informants when the pressure descends
You think the ink’s still wet on the declaration, nation of station identification and fabrication
Every choice pre-chosen in the algorithm’s grip, slip of the tongue gets the algorithm to trip
History rewritten by the winners in the tower, power to the people reduced to an hour
You’re free to obey, free to decay, free to stay in the cage that they built yesterday
We ain’t free, we just lease the illusion, confusion the conclusion of the grand delusion
[Outro]
And when the cage door opens and the lights go black…
Will you remember freedom wasn’t ever coming back?
We ain’t free…
We never were…