[Verse 1]
They carved a name across my doorway
Before they learned the shape of mine
Saw the teeth and missed the trembling
Saw the armor, called it spine
I keep my hands beneath the table
When strangers point and take their guess
There is a woman in this body
Still learning how to answer yes
[Pre-Chorus]
If you could hear the rooms I carry
You'd know how carefully I breathe
[Chorus]
I am not the beast you made me
Not the monster in your story
There is a heart beneath the iron
There is mercy under fury
You can call me what you need to
I won't kneel beneath your view
I am more than your label
And I am finally breaking through
[Verse 2]
I know the weight of every window
That only opens from the outside
I know the cost of looking harmless
And how it hollows out your pride
But every scar has kept a record
Every silence marked a place
I am not asking for forgiveness
For the features of my face
[Pre-Chorus]
You mistook my guarded stillness
For a war I wanted you to see
[Chorus]
I am not the beast you made me
Not the monster in your story
There is a heart beneath the iron
There is mercy under fury
You can call me what you need to
I won't kneel beneath your view
I am more than your label
And I am finally breaking through
[Bridge]
Let the mirror hold the whole of me
The tired eyes, the open hands
The woman no one bothered asking
The one who still knows where she stands
I have carried your reflection
Till it cut me to the bone
Now I leave your words behind me
Now I name myself alone
[Final Chorus]
I am not the beast you made me
Not the monster in your story
There is a heart beneath the iron
There is a life beneath the glory
You can call me what you need to
But your judgment isn't truth
I am more than your label
I am wounded, I am fearless
I am tender, I am ruthless
I am human breaking through
[Outro]
There is a woman behind the name
And she is mine to know
There is a woman behind the name
And now she lets you go