[Verse 1]
I talk back to the dark
Look it dead in the eye
You don’t get to steer my hands
Or tattoo my mind
You can scream inside my chest
Try to bully my bones
But I plant both feet
And I drag back the throne
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel you
But I’m not you (no)
You get loud
I stay true
[Chorus]
I talk back to the dark (talk back)
You don’t get to brand my heart
You can rattle every window in my soul
I hear you
I’m not you
I won’t fold
I won’t move
I’m taking
I’m taking control
[Verse 2]
You spin that old trance
Same story in a loop
“Nothing ever changes”
That’s a tired little tune
I lace up my blue shoes
Turn shame into a groove
Let the hurt shake in my hips
’Til the weight slips loose
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel you
But I’m not you (hey)
You get close
But I break through
[Chorus]
I talk back to the dark (talk back)
You don’t get to brand my heart
You can rattle every window in my soul
I hear you
I’m not you
I won’t fold
I won’t move
I’m taking
I’m taking control
[Bridge]
Spin that fear like a mirror ball
Watch it crack when I stand too tall
Every “never” that you carved in stone
I dance circles
I dance it gone (gone, gone)
[Chorus]
I talk back to the dark (talk back)
You don’t get to brand my heart
You can rattle every window in my soul
I hear you
I’m not you
I won’t fold
I won’t move
I’m taking
I’m taking control
[Outro]
I hear you
I’m not you
I’m taking
I’m taking control (oh)