I Am Not Yours

[Intro – Spoken softly over ambient tension, heartbeat drums]
I am not who you think I am.
Not your saviour. Not your script.
I’ve learned to speak in scars,
and breathe in between betrayals.

[Verse 1 – Vocals, almost whispered]
You see the calm, I hold the war
You want the light, I am the door
To everything I’ve lived and lost
To everything they said I’m not

My smile’s a knife with flowers tied
My silence isn’t peace — it hides
The girl who burned and built again
From ash, from ache, from every end

[Pre-Chorus – Rising tension, vocal x gang layer]
No more folding, no more fake
No more truth I have to fake
If I’m the fire, let me burn
I won’t bend just to return

[Chorus – Full vocals, loud, defiant, anthemic]
I am not yours to define
Not your box, not your design
I am becoming, I am flame
And I won’t answer to your name
You think you know me? You’re wrong again
This isn’t survival — this is ascend
I am not yours
I am not yours

[Verse 2 – Rap/spoken word style, cutting tone]
I was loyal to the silence
Tamed by guilt and fake alliances
Played the game just to survive
Now I rewrite it — line by line

You want the easy — I bring depth
You want the mask — I bring what's left
I sold my softness way too cheap
Now I charge truth in every beat

[Bridge – slow, emotional, stripped-back instrumental]
I do not wait to be seen
I design visibility
I do not beg to be held
I carry my own clarity

If it makes you uncomfortable —
That’s the sound of my freedom
If it makes you retreat —
I was never meant to fit your kingdom

[Final Chorus – heavier, emotional, like a fist rising]
I am not yours to define
Not your myth, not your design
I’m done performing, done confined
This is me — unrefined
You think you broke me? Think again
This isn’t the end — it’s where I begin
I am not yours
I am mine

[Outro – whispered, fading]
I am not finished.
I am not broken.
I am Eris.
And I am not yours.

[END]