Pick a side

VERSE 1

I keep asking myself

Every damn day

Why the fuck do I stay

When your shadow’s in my way

You stare me down

Like you’re carving out my skin

Every look is a warning

Every silence is a sin

You twist my nerves

’til they’re screaming in my teeth

I choke on the truth

You bury underneath

PRE-CHORUS

(whispered)

You twist my nerves

’til they hum like a hive

You want me quiet

so you feel alive

(building)

You want control

You want compliance

You want my pulse

to match your silence

CHORUS

I won’t break for you

I won’t bend, I won’t bleed

You keep dragging me through

All the rot you won’t see

(whispered, glitchy)

You want control of me

You want control of me

You want—

(explodes)

BUT I’M DONE WITH YOUR DAMAGE

AND YOUR DEAD-WEIGHT DREAMS

I’M THE CRACK IN YOUR HABITS

I’M THE TEETH IN YOUR SCREAMS

You want a puppet?

Then choke on your strings

’Cause I’m rising from the wreckage

Like a crown made of wings

BREAKDOWN

(spoken, low)

You built this cage

with your half-truth rage

But I chewed through the bars

and I kept the taste

(screamed)

I’M NOT YOUR SHADOW

I’M THE FIRE IN YOUR WAKE

I’M THE SOUND OF THE SYSTEM

YOU CAN’T UNMAKE

(chant)

Break

Break

Break

Break the cycle you create