[Verse 1]
A girl writes poems under curfew light
While a boy buys crypto in plain sight
She needs permission to cross a street
He books a flight with first class seat
One learns silence as survival art
The other live-streams every thought from the heart

[Verse 2]
They taught me freedom was a birthright badge
But I met a man whose tongue wore a gag
He asked me, Does your country have ghosts?
I said, We name highways after most.
He laughed, said, Ours still walk the fields
You just paved yours in dollar bills.

[Chorus]
Why’s the sun set soft in one place
And burn the skin off another face?
Why’s one voice a chorus loud
While another’s smothered in a crowd?
Freedom’s not a border line
It’s a question no map can define

[Verse 3]
She danced once, behind closed doors
Then ten years passed and she danced no more
He fired words like they were blank rounds
But hers drew blood if spoken aloud
One writes laws in suits and ties
One breaks rocks while the world denies

[Bridge]
If breath is free, why’s mine taxed?
If truth is global, why’s hers masked?
How do we cheer a fireworks show
While someone’s child learns to whisper slow?

[Chorus]
Why’s the sky look blue for some,
While others pray it won’t become
A drone, a siren, a foreign scream
What’s freedom mean if it’s not a dream?
If borders bend but hearts still cry,
Who gets to live, and who gets….to try?

[Outro]
I lit a candle in a nation free
And watched the wax drip silently
It burned no brighter, no less slow
Than the one she lit six time zones ago