LYRIC FOR SALE

By Sean Hanley

[VERSE 1]

You got a book of feelings, got a law for every tear
Wrote a rule for what I say if someone doesn't wanna hear
Said my freedom is too loud, too sharp, too mean
So you made a little law to keep the air clean
You got offended, so you made it a crime
Said my conscience is harassment, gotta do time
Put your feelings in a statute, stamped it true
Said my rights have to bow down to you
But feelings change with the weather
Rights will never die.

[CHORUS 1]

Your invalid laws don't matter
Our rights and freedoms are the number 1 law
You can cry about it, you can write it down
But your feelings ain't the law of the land
Rights over feelings, truth over fear
The big law stands when the small law disappears
Your invalid laws don't matter
Rights over feelings
You can't make a law that trumps the Constitution

[VERSE 2]

You say I can't speak cause it hurts your heart
Say I can't believe cause we believe apart
Say my freedom is violence, my words are harm
So you wrap a little law around my arm
But I don't need your permission to be free
Free don't mean comfortable, free means free
Your safe space ain't safe if I gotta kneel
To keep your feelings from getting peeled

[CHORUS 2]

Your invalid laws don't matter
Our rights and freedoms are the number 1 law.
You can cry about it, you can write it down
But your feelings ain't the law of the land
Rights over feelings, truth over fear
The Constitution stands when the small law disappears
Your invalid laws don't matter
Rights over feelings
You can't make a law that trumps the Constitution

[BRIDGE]

I don't care if you're offended. I HAVE THE RIGHT
I don't care if you're triggered. I HAVE THE RIGHT
You have the right to feel how you feel
I have the right to be free still
Your feelings are yours
My rights are mine
Your law is invalid
When it crosses that line
You can't legislate a hurt feeling into a right
You can't make wrong right cause you feel it's right
The top law don't care how you feel inside
It says what it says, it don't have to hide

[FINAL CHORUS ]

YOUR INVALID LAWS DON'T MATTER
OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ARE THE ONLY LAWS THAT MATTER
You can pass it, sign it, shout it loud
Still don't beat the rights we hold now
Your invalid laws don't matter
Rights over feelings
Rights over feelings
Rights over feelings
Feelings come and go
Rights are forever