Don’t direct me! by foxy_flux - Zona

Don’t direct me! by foxy_flux - Zona

Lyrics

[Key: A minor or C minor (moody, powerful]

[Beat: Simple, steady, not busy]

[Energy curve: Low → medium → high](final chorus hits hardest)

[Verse 1 – soft, controlled, intimate piano + light bass]

Don’t tell me how to wear my hair tonight,

Don’t script my laugh or dim my light,

I’m not your picture-perfect frame,

Don’t hang me up and sign your name

You like me better soft and sweet,

Quiet voice and careful feet,

But I’ve got thunder in my chest—

And I don’t do “behave your best”

[Pre-Chorus – tension builds, bass deepens, light strings enter]

You keep talking like I’m yours to mold,

Like I’m silver you can shape to gold

[Chorus – fuller sound, stronger vocals, layered harmonies, steady beat]

Don’t direct me, don’t design me,

I’m not yours to rearrange,

Don’t correct me just to bind me,

I don’t bend, I break the chains

Don’t put words inside my mouth,

Don’t parade me all around,

If you want me, hear me loud—

I’m not yours to tone down

[Verse 2 – beat continues, slightly stronger delivery, more attitude]

Don’t tell me who to be for you,

I’ve been lost, I’ve been untrue—

But never once did I belong

To someone else’s right or wrong

You dress me up in “what’s ideal,”

But I don’t fake the way I feel,

I’d rather burn than play it safe,

Than be your quiet little shape

[Pre-Chorus – same as before but with added vocal intensity]

You want control dressed up as love,

But I’ve already had enough

[Chorus – bigger, more power, stronger drums + backing vocals]

Don’t direct me, don’t design me,

I’m not yours to rearrange,

Don’t correct me just to bind me,

I don’t bend, I break the chains

Don’t put words inside my mouth,

Don’t parade me all around,

If you want me, hear me loud—

I’m not yours to tone down

[Bridge – stripped down, echoing vocals, emotional and raw]

I’m not a doll you pose and place,

Not a smile you can replace,

Not your silence, not your pride,

Not your shadow walking blind

You can love me wild and free,

Or you can lose the best of me

[Final Chorus – explosive, full instrumentation, highest vocal power]

Don’t direct me, don’t define me,

I decide the air I breathe,

Try to cage me, won’t confine me,

I was born to never “please”

Don’t put rules around my fire,

Don’t you dare call it love,

If you need someone smaller—

I’m already too much