Life and let life

[Verse 1]

When you were young and your mind was an open space Before they drew a grid on your face and told you how the world was run They wanted data wanted lines wanted automated tools They wanted pristine little rules to keep you staring at the sun But if this ever-fractured world in which we’re living Makes you give in and cry

[Chorus]

Live and let live Break the grid Live and let live Don’t let them code your mind Live and let live Leave the cage behind

[Verse 2]

You spent years in the static just trying to clear out the noise While the architects played with their artificial toys and casualties of control But the pulse in your chest doesn’t answer to their clock It’s the unconditioned strike that’s gonna shatter the lock And if this ever-changing world in which we’re living Makes you give in and cry

[Chorus]

Live and let live Let the spark breathe Live and let live Leave the cage behind Live and let live

[Verse 3]

Gardener lets the weeds talk back to the lawn refuses the spray Kid trades the tablet for a skipping rope and stone Neighbor fixes bikes for free no receipt no barcode dignity Cook grows spices on a windowsill tells the inspector come and find me Coder releases every tool then walks into the forest to be a tree Teacher throws out the bell lets the kids decide the story Patient unplugs from the algorithm’s cure my wound knows its own door These ain’t martyrs just a pulse that slipped the grid A thousand small refusals the mainframe never hid

[Bridge]

What does it matter to them the way that you breathe in the dark Why are they tracking the lens trying to measure the spark They used to say live and let die from their towers of stone With their binary systems trying to lease out your bone But your life isn’t theirs to program or define Drop the weight of their shadows you are drawing the line Touch the soil catch the wind let the frequencies clash We’re building the gnosis right out of their ash

[Chorus]

Live and let live Break the grid Live and let live Don’t let them code your mind Live and let live

[Outro]

No more surveillance no more forced choices No more drowning out the sovereign voices Let the system run its gears until it burns itself dry We aren’t kneeling to the script of live and let die Just live and let live The architecture is yours