Refusal Feels

Lyrics

[Intro] No permission, no parade We are wide awake [Verse 1] They drew a border round the factory gate Stamped our names and called it fate But every locked door taught us how To turn a warning into a vow [Pre-Chorus] You can count the votes You can stack the files You can hide behind your polished smiles [Chorus] We won’t move, we won’t kneel This is what refusal feels Raise your voice, hold the line Your future isn’t theirs to sign [Verse 2] The clinic closed on a Tuesday noon The landlord raised the rent by June A school bus coughs through the winter cold While the boardroom deals in gold [Breakdown] Hands up! Speak out! No more silence in this town! Hands up! Speak out! We decide what stays and goes! [Chorus] We won’t move, we won’t kneel This is what refusal feels Raise your voice, hold the line Your future isn’t theirs to sign [Bridge] Bring your neighbors, bring your names Bring the truth they tried to frame Not for glory, not for praise For the lives they priced and weighed [Final Chorus] We won’t move, we won’t kneel This is what refusal feels Raise your voice, hold the line Your future isn’t theirs to sign [Outro] No permission No surrender No one rules us forever