You Won’t Take My Name

[Verse 1]
You won’t take away my name,
carved deep beneath my skin.
The law stands cold and silent
while my scream hits the walls again.
When night knocks without warning
and a shadow crosses my door,
they say, “wait, just count the seconds,”
let fear defend you in this war.
[Chorus]
You won’t take my identity —
it burns like fire in my veins.
Though the world looks the other way,
inside me dawn remains.
You won’t take away my dignity,
even if you turn words into smoke.
I am not your shadow —
I breathe, I live, I shout: “I’m here!”
[Verse 2]
They say, “it’s for your own good,”
as the ground slips from my feet.
Logic bends like a crooked mirror,
twists the truth, distorts the beat.
When I defend what’s closest to me,
they ask, “are you sure you have the right?”
In my chest an alarm is pounding —
does justice weigh both sides alike?
[Chorus]
You won’t take my identity —
it burns like fire in my veins.
Though the world looks the other way,
inside me dawn remains.
You won’t take away my dignity,
even if you turn words into smoke.
I am not your shadow —
I breathe, I live, I shout: “I’m here!”
[Bridge]
I am not a number in your files,
not a silence in these walls.
You won’t castrate my spirit —
it grows where anger calls.
Let the masks fall from their faces,
let the truth cut through the night.
A human being is not a paragraph —
a human is a heart and a voice.
[Final / Chorus x2 – louder, raw]
You won’t take my identity!
You won’t take my name!
Even if you lock every door —
inside me wakes the flame!