[Intro - Copyright strike notification sound]**

**[Verse 1]**

Had my first heartbreak yesterday at 3 PM

Perfect moment for a sad song but then

Got a notification: "This emotion requires licensing"

"Please pay $50 for the right to start crying"

Wanted to blast breakup songs while driving through the rain

But Spotify said my subscription doesn't cover pain

Premium Plus Emotions costs an extra fee

Guess I'll just sit here heartbroken silently

**[Pre-Chorus]**

My life's a movie but I can't afford the score

Every feeling's copyrighted, need to pay for more

Can't even hum the tune that matches how I feel

The soundtrack of my life isn't part of the deal

**[Chorus]**

The soundtrack of my life is copyrighted

Can't afford the songs that feel right-ed

Every moment needs a license to be real

But I'm too broke to afford to feel

The soundtrack of my life costs more than rent

Emotional bankruptcy, all my feelings spent

I'm living in silence 'cause the music's too expensive

The soundtrack of my life is so comprehensive

**[Verse 2]**

Fell in love, wanted to play our song

But the rights were owned by a corporation

$200 for a three-minute sensation

Guess we'll fall in love without narration

My graduation needed something inspirational

But every anthem was priced institutional

So I graduated to complete dead air

No triumphant music, just awkward stare

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Taylor Swift owns my teenage memories

Beyoncé's got the rights to my epiphanies

The Beatles took my nostalgic feels

And every label's got me by the heels

**[Chorus]**

The soundtrack of my life is copyrighted

Can't afford the songs that feel right-ed

Every moment needs a license to be real

But I'm too broke to afford to feel

The soundtrack of my life costs more than rent

Emotional bankruptcy, all my feelings spent

I'm living in silence 'cause the music's too expensive

The soundtrack of my life is so comprehensive

**[Bridge - Spoken word, satirical]**

Attention citizen: You have exceeded your monthly feeling quota

To experience joy, please upgrade to Gold tier

To cry, purchase the Sadness Package

To fall in love, that'll be your life savings

To feel nostalgic, remortgage your house

To feel anything at all... well, you can't afford it

**[Bridge continues - Rebellion]**

So I'm making my own music now

Humming melodies that lawyers can't avow

Original soundtrack, DIY emotion

Can't copyright my own devotion

Started a revolution of the unlicensed

We're feeling things for free, enticeless

No corporation owns how my heart breaks

This is my life and it's mine to make

**[Final Chorus - Triumphant, ironic]**

The soundtrack of my life WAS copyrighted

But now I'm writing my own, unrequited

Every moment's mine, no license needed here

I'm free to laugh and cry and fear

The soundtrack of my life costs nothing now

Made it myself, and I'll show you how

Living out loud 'cause the music's finally mine

The soundtrack of my life is doing just fine

**[Outro - DIY instruments, humming]**

Humming my own tune now, off-key but free

No one owns this melody but me

Copyright this: I'm alive and feeling

And that's worth more than any licensing dealing

**[End - Simple acoustic strum, genuine]**