Wild and Gentle

They said bite your tongue

Smooth out your edges

Hide every tremor

In your shaking hands

They said "be a wall"

Cold

Flat

Defensive

But my heart’s a wildfire

Running through this land

I’ve bled for their comfort

Shrank to fit a frame

Watched my own reflection

Forget my own name

My soul is wild and gentle (yeah)

Soft thunder

Bright metal

I won’t turn to stone for you

I won’t turn to stone for you

I won’t dim down

Won’t get smaller

Turn my blaze into a caller

If my glow cuts through your view

I’m still gonna shine right through

They laugh at the mercy

Call kindness weakness

Dress up their damage

As some sacred truth

But I keep my wonder

Like a secret weapon

Every scar I carry

Still sings like proof

I’ve swallowed their poison

Smiled through the sting

Now I raise my own voice

And let my chest ring

My soul is wild and gentle (wild)

Soft thunder

Bright metal

I won’t turn to stone for you

I won’t turn to stone for you

I won’t fade out

Won’t grow colder

Won’t wear armor on my shoulders

If my glow cuts through your view

I’m still gonna shine right through

Let them call it reckless

Let them call it strange

I was never made for

That obedient cage

I’ll stay open

I’ll stay tender

I’ll stay fierce in every line

If the cost of being honest

Is burning

I’ll burn and rise

My soul is wild and gentle

Soft thunder

Bright metal

I won’t turn to stone for you

I won’t turn to stone for you

I won’t lessen any color

Won’t step back

Won’t duck for cover

If my glow’s too much for you

Watch me

Watch me

Shine right through (yeah)