Animal In The Herd V

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Followers, leaders, thinkers, sleepers, tell me, who are you when nobody commands you?
They built a mold and stamped my name
Called obedience a safer game
Close your eyes, let it pass
Keep your head down, join the mess
But I was never born to blend
Never trained to kneel or bend
You can brand me, curse my words
I will be an animal in the herd
I can't stop thinking
I can't stop seeing
I can't stop hearing what hides beneath your maiden
I won't be an animal in the herd
No shepherd owns me, no chain has earned me
I won't repeat every lie that I've heard
I have a mind and I will use it
I won't be an animal in the herd.
In the herd.
Your signs and orders choke the air.
Painted warnings everywhere.
Everywhere, you call the cage security
Then fear the ones who still break free
Taking orders is not for me
I tasted truth, I stayed free
One of a kind, then let it burn
I would rather stand than never learn
I won't stop asking, I won't stop reading
I won't stop speaking till the sleepers stop believing
I won't be an animal in the herd
No shepherd owns me, no chain has earned me
I won't repeat every lie that I've heard
I have a mind and I will use it
And I will be an animal in the herd
They counted on the quiet ones
The tired hearts, the folded tongues
But one voice cracks the frozen ground
And one becomes a thousand now
No more. No master. No master. No word, I think. Therefore I will not serve.
I won't be an animal in the herd
You cannot number me, silence or purchase me
I won't repeat every lie that I tell
I have a mind and I will use it
I won't be an animal in the herd
Who are you when nobody tells you?