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Porcupine On The Run

Pop with driving four-on-the-floor kick, syncopated claps, bright synth plucks, and a bouncing bassline; verse stays tight and conversational, pre-chorus opens with filtered pads and rising percussion, chorus hits with stacked gang vocals and a chantable hook, Close-mic lead vocal with doubled lines in the hook, playful ad-libs, tiny ear-candy clicks and reverse swells between phrases, glossy and punchy mix with wide stereo sparkle, pop


Verse 1
I was born with a coat of spikes
On the edge of the pinewood line
Mama said, “Boy, keep moving
They’ll fence you in if you don’t mind”

I don’t want a cage with a name
I don’t want a tag on my back
Just a little room to choose
And a road nobody can track

Pre-Chorus

They put signs on every tree
They put rules on every stream
But I got a stubborn heart
And a map inside my feet

Chorus

I’m a porcupine, I’m free
I make my own little way
Hands off my thorns, hands off me
I was not made to obey
I’m a porcupine, I’m free
(Oh-oh, I’m free)
I’m a porcupine, I’m free
No one tells me where to stay

Verse 2

At the town gate, they checked my pulse
Asked me where I’d learned to roam
Told me “Safety comes from silence”
Told me “Order is your home”

But I saw the dogs on short chains
Saw the birds with clipped-up wings
Saw the way they smile too hard
When a lock turns into a king

Pre-Chorus

They can stamp the papers blue
They can count the miles I move
But a spine full of needles
Still knows what it has to do

Chorus

I’m a porcupine, I’m free
I make my own little way
Hands off my thorns, hands off me
I was not made to obey
I’m a porcupine, I’m free
(Oh-oh, I’m free)
I’m a porcupine, I’m free
No one tells me where to stay

Bridge

If the walls keep growing tall
I’ll slip through every crack
If they paint the sky in rules
I’ll still find my way back

I don’t need a crown or guard
I don’t need a leash or key
Just a patch of open ground
And the right to simply be

Chorus

I’m a porcupine, I’m free
I make my own little way
Hands off my thorns, hands off me
I was not made to obey
I’m a porcupine, I’m free
(Oh-oh, I’m free)
I’m a porcupine, I’m free
No one tells me where to stay

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