[Intro]
(Heavy, distorted bassline starts alone)
(Drumsticks click: One, two, three, four!)
(Massive wall of electric guitars crash in)
(Spoken, gritty) Let's get the story straight.
[Verse 1]
You read my name and you fill in the blanks (Fill 'em in!)
Try to put me in a box, try to put me in the ranks.
Give me some fancy title, put me in a corporate game
But you're reading the wrong script, you don't even know my name! (No you don't!)
I don't wear your labels and I don't play your part
I've got a different kind of rhythm beating out of this heart.
[Pre-Chorus]
(Guitars chugging fast and heavy)
You think you've got me figured out?
Step back and listen to me shout!
[Chorus]
(Huge, explosive rock vocals!)
I'm off the record! I'm tearing up the page!
I don't need your approval, I don't fit inside your cage! (Break the cage!)
You painted a picture but the colors are all wrong
I'm taking back the mic, yeah, I'm writing my own song!
Set it straight! (Set it straight!)
Yeah, I'm setting it straight!
[Verse 2]
You think I'm out there walking on some quiet outdoor trail? (Yeah, right!)
Cooking by the fire like some delicate fairytale?
I work the clinic floor, I see the blood and the bone (Every day!)
I've got a heavier reality than you have ever known.
Don't try to sanitize me, don't try to tone me down
I'm the loudest storm blowing through this town!
[Chorus]
(Explosive energy, guitars soaring)
I'm off the record! I'm tearing up the page!
I don't need your approval, I don't fit inside your cage! (Break the cage!)
You painted a picture but the colors are all wrong
I'm taking back the mic, yeah, I'm writing my own song!
Set it straight! (Set it straight!)
Yeah, I'm setting it straight!
[Verse 3]
(Tempo slows down slightly, bass gets muddy and dark)
So keep your assumptions and keep your neat little lines
I'm coloring way outside of your designs. (Outside the lines!)
I’m a masterpiece of chaos, I’m a force you can't predict
So take your false narrative and get it off my script!
[Guitar Solo]
(Screaming, high-energy 90s grunge guitar solo!)
(Drum fills going crazy!)
[Bridge]
(Music drops out. Just a pulsing bass and a kick drum)
(Vocals building from a whisper to a scream)
I am not who you say I am. (No!)
I am not who you think I am. (Watch me!)
I am exactly who I choose to be!
Get your expectations off of me!
[Chorus]
(Everything hits at maximum volume!)
I'm off the record! I'm tearing up the page!
I don't need your approval, I don't fit inside your cage! (Break the cage!)
You painted a picture but the colors are all wrong
I'm taking back the mic, yeah, I'm writing my own song!
Set it straight! (Set it straight!)
Yeah, I'm setting it straight!
[Outro]
(Heavy guitar feedback ringing out)
Off the record.
Read the fine print.
I'm done.
(Crash cymbal rings out, abrupt stop)