[Verse 1]
Pulled myself up
by the veins, not the laces
Every bruise I wear
has your favorite faces
News feeds drip
with another warned "statistic"
But my pulse kicks back
feral and ballistic
You said "stay small"
like a note in the margins
But my throat is a riot
and the page keeps darkening
[Chorus]
I got teeth on the wire
tongue full of cuts, but I bite it tighter
You can bury my body in your choir
I will still scream, still scream
through the amplifier
You can blacklist, blacklist my name
I’ll just carve it in rust and flame
I’m the echo you tried to erase
I refuse, I refuse to be replaced
(yeah)
I refuse, I refuse to be erased
[Verse 2]
They sell our fear
like a season’s collection
Hang us on the rack
call the violence "correction"
But I stitch my scars
into flags on my jacket
Every tremor in my voice
turns a trigger, pulls, cracks it
You want calm?
Go drown in your silence
My heartbeat chants
over sirens and sirens
[Chorus]
I got teeth on the wire
tongue full of cuts, but I bite it tighter
You can bury my body in your choir
I will still scream, still scream
through the amplifier
You can blacklist, blacklist my name
I’ll just carve it in rust and flame
I’m the echo you tried to erase
I refuse, I refuse to be replaced
[Bridge]
[Glitch drop, vocals stutter and warp]
(ah—ah—ah)
Who’s safe?
Who’s next?
Whose throat
gets pressed?
I am not your target practice
I am every shattered atlas
Every border in my skin
redrawn from the inside in
[Chorus]
I got teeth on the wire
tongue full of cuts, but I bite it tighter (tighter)
You can bury my body in your choir
I will still scream, still scream
through the amplifier
You can blacklist, blacklist my name
I’ll just carve it in rust and flame (in flame)
I’m the echo you tried to erase
I refuse, I refuse to be replaced
[Outro]
(Keep talking)
I’m the crack in your glass
(Keep marching)
I’m the breath you can’t gas
(Keep screaming)
Every wound, every face
Survival is sacred
and so is our rage