You Don’t Get To Own Me

Verse 1

You kept the keys and counted every dollar,

Made every locked door feel a little smaller.

You took my paycheck, then you took my voice,

Called it love like I had any choice.

Your hands left answers I hid under sleeves;

Your words made a cage I was scared to leave.

You said I was nothing without you—

So why am I still standing here without you?

Pre-Chorus

I swallowed the sirens, the shame, the blame.

You lit the match—now I’m naming the flame.

Chorus

You don’t get to own me!

Not my body, not my name!

You don’t get to break me

Then call the wreckage love again!

I’m done paying for your cruelty,

Done bleeding so you can feel tall.

You tried to make me disappear—

Now hear me over it all!

Verse 2

You watched every movement, questioned every friend,

Spent what I earned, then demanded I pretend.

You’d make me apologize for the fear in your eyes,

Then swear on our future while feeding me lies.

I learned how to smile with my pulse in my throat,

How to keep my escape plan folded in a coat.

You called that devotion. I call it survival.

I’m done mistaking your control for arrival.

Pre-Chorus

I swallowed the sirens, the shame, the blame.

You lit the match—now I’m naming the flame.

Chorus

You don’t get to own me!

Not my body, not my name!

You don’t get to break me

Then call the wreckage love again!

I’m done paying for your cruelty,

Done bleeding so you can feel tall.

You tried to make me disappear—

Now hear me over it all!

Bridge

I’m not your debt.

I’m not your excuse.

I’m not the fear

You taught me to use.

The locks can turn,

The truth can ring—

I’m taking back

Everything.

Final Chorus

You don’t get to own me!

Not my body, not my name!

You don’t get to touch my future

Like you’re entitled to the remains!

I’m done paying for your cruelty,

Done carrying what you made me crawl.

You tried to make me disappear—

Now hear me over it all!

Outro

You don’t own me.

You never did.