A LEGAL DUMMY PERSON WITH NO BRAIN

Verse 1
On the first day I walked through a courthouse hall
The lights were dim and the signs said it all
Paper faces staring back at me
Numbers where a soul should be

There were forms in lines with boxes to check
And a name in caps that I didn’t select
They spoke in codes and statutory chains
Calling a shadow by my name

Chorus
I’ve been riding
A legal dummy person with no brain
It keeps on moving
But it don’t feel joy or pain
In the desert
Of presumption and claim
I’ve been riding
A legal dummy person with no brain

Verse 2
The heat was hot and the truth felt thin
They said “sign here” and “enter in”
But the voice they used wasn’t talking to me
It was talking to a thing, a registry

I could hear the gears as the system ran
Turning living breath into ledger and plan
They fed it rules and they fed it blame
But it never once knew who I am

Chorus
I’ve been riding
A legal dummy person with no brain
It keeps on working
But it don’t remember my name
In the paperwork rain
Of debt and claim
I’ve been riding
A legal dummy person with no brain

Bridge
The desert knows what the city forgets
Life isn’t owned by ink and debts
A shadow can march, a number can stand
But breath comes only from God’s own hand

Verse 3
After nine long years the mirrors cleared
I saw the mask that I once wore here
A role, a title, a scripted part
Never connected to the living heart

So I stepped off quiet, no fight, no flame
Left the dummy to the system’s game
Let it wander the statutory plain
While I walked free from the name

Chorus
I was riding
A legal dummy person with no brain
It kept on going
But it never lived a day
In the desert
Of legal claim
I was riding
A legal dummy person with no brain

Outro
Now the desert blooms when truth is found
No need for reins when you’re not bound
A man walks on, no mask, no chain
While the dummy rides on…
With no brain