I just want peace

**i just want peace**

*(screamed over blast beats, drop-tuned guitars, everything clipping in the red)*

I wake up choking on the same damn air

Every notification’s another middle finger in my face

They want my outrage, they want my despair

They monetize the panic, put my cortisol in a race

I’m not your content farm, I’m not your outrage machine

Stop shoving hot takes down my throat like it’s caffeine

I’m begging on my knees in the middle of the scream

Just shut the fuck up for five goddamn minutes—please

I don’t want your side

I don’t want your tribe

I don’t want your war porn at 3:19

I JUST WANT PEACE

But you keep handing me grenades

I JUST WANT PEACE

But the algorithm wants rage

I JUST WANT PEACE

So why’s my brain a shooting range?

I JUST WANT—

I JUST WANT—

SOME FUCKING PEACE

Mom’s on the phone crying about the headlines again

Dad’s doom-scrolling till his eyes are bleeding red

My sister’s posting manifestos at 2 a.m.

And I’m the asshole ’cause I won’t pick a side instead

They scream “silence is violence” from both fucking ends

So I open my mouth and get crucified by friends

I’m tired of bleeding just to prove I’m not pretend

I’m tired of every sentence starting with “but what about them—”

I don’t want your script

I don’t want your clique

I don’t want your culture-war crucifixion

I JUST WANT PEACE

But you keep handing me grenades

I JUST WANT PEACE

But the algorithm wants rage

I JUST WANT PEACE

So why’s my brain a shooting range?

I JUST WANT—

I JUST WANT—

SOME FUCKING PEACE

Turn it off

TURN IT OFF

TURN IT THE FUCK OFF

I’m not your soldier

I’m not your fodder

I’m not your dopamine slot machine

I’M JUST A PERSON

TRYING NOT TO SCREAM

I JUST WANT PEACE

(But the world keeps screaming louder)

I JUST WANT PEACE

(And my hands are shaking harder)

I JUST WANT PEACE

(But peace is a ghost in the mirror)

I JUST WANT—

I JUST WANT—

SOME FUCKING PEACE

…please…

…just once…

…let it be quiet…

I JUST WANT PEACE!

*(guitar squeals into silence, then one last cymbal crash that never quite lands)*