Not Just a Number

There are those who want your head,
without ever hearin’ what you said.
Just a whisper, just one lie,
can paint you as the devil in disguise.
You gave your soul time after time,
but the truth don’t stand when hatred climbs.
Doesn’t matter all you gave —
when the story twists, they dig your grave.

(Chorus)
When the anger starts to spread,
there’s no shelter, no safe thread.
I thought I’d never be despised
if I had nothing dark to hide.
I could be ignored, judged or envied…
But not hated for crimes I never did.

No matter the path I walked through fire,
some demons wear halos, some angels wear wire.
It all depends on where you're born,
what body you wear, what name you scorn.
But all of us — we bleed the same,
no heart escapes the burn of pain.

(Bridge)
Man or woman, flesh and bone,
we’re not so different when pain comes home.
We don’t choose what skin we’re in,
but the world’s gone mad — deaf to reason, blind within.

Some hearts hand out free hate,
they don’t want to talk — just dominate.
They dress up pride and call it fair,
but all they crave is power in the air.

(Bridge
A rapist walks free down the street,
while a good man’s torn from his home.
A child cries, — Where’s my dad tonight?
But the law says, — He just a number. you can't see it.

No, no, don’t you dare call it justice
when an innocent girl’s heart breaks in silence.
We ain’t just numbers in your game —
we ain’t your profit, we ain’t your shame.
—
We are fathers, we deserve a name…
We are fathers — we deserve a place.

So if you’re listenin’, if you still care,
we’re not monsters, we’re just there —
in courtrooms, in memories, in empty chairs,
waitin’ for someone to say:
“You matter, you're still here — and that pain’s it is pure cruelty”