KEEP THIS BURIED

Verse 1 I learned to write without fingerprints To think in gaps, to speak in hints Every truth I keep runs cold Like something old that never left They taught us how to sound humane While sharpening a different blade Say it softly, say it clean So no one hears what it really means Pre-Chorus They don’t shout, they don’t chase They don’t need to show their face They just wait for us to break Then call it choice, then call it fate Chorus You think they care about you I’m sorry — they don’t They scream your name in public Then leave it in the mud If you don’t agree, you’re a traitor If you speak, you’re a shame If you won’t bend the right way They say you’re the one to blame Post-Chorus (quiet hook) Watch it happen Just watch and see Love turns fast When you disagree Verse 2 They say they speak for women But listen when one says “no” She’s an embarrassment A problem A puppet playing a role They say it’s all about safety But they’re always at the door Taking space like it’s owed to them Then asking for more They call it progress, call it justice But never stop to ask Why the simplest answer Is the one they always pass Pre-Chorus Because peace doesn’t trend And quiet doesn’t win And a third way out Would end the argument Chorus You think they care about truth I’m sorry — they don’t They need the fight to stay alive So it never really stops They don’t hear women speaking They don’t hear the line They hear applause, they hear permission They hear “this time it’s fine” Spoken Word (Middle – no music, or low pulse) Let’s stop pretending this is complicated. You don’t get to say you speak for women while tearing women apart the moment they disagree. Watch it happen. Disagreement becomes betrayal. Silence becomes proof. And women who won’t fall in line are called weak, dangerous, or useful. That isn’t protection. That’s control. And on the other side — you don’t get to demand every space and call it inclusion. You don’t get to erase boundaries while refusing the one solution that would end this quietly. A third space ends the war. That’s why it’s ignored. The people fighting loudest aren’t the ones living the consequences. The ones who changed their bodies, who just want to exist without being hunted — they aren’t leading this. They’re being used as cover. Both sides swear they’re saving someone. Both sides say the harm is necessary. And the truth is this: when this collapses — and it will — women will be blamed, trans people will be blamed, and transsexuals will be left with nothing. It doesn’t matter who wins. Some of us were already written off. This was never about safety. Never about dignity. Never about truth. It was about power — and who gets to speak when everyone else is told to be quiet. Break / Drop (music returns, stripped) No face No crown No side to save Just pressure Just distance Just rules we never gave Final Chorus (verdict) You think they care about you They never really did They cared about being seen They cared about being right Because when this turns inward And it will — it always does Women turn on women People turn on blood Outro It doesn’t matter who wins That’s the part no one says Some of us were finished Before this even began Not if Just when We were never protected We were positioned And when it ends There will be no side left To stand on.