[Intro]
Quiet tongue
Loaded gun
Breathing in
(I’m not running)
[Verse 1]
You throw names like broken glass
Want me bleeding just to dance
You need thunder
Need a show
I just watch the lightning glow
You spit rumors
Hungry wolves
Circle stories
Call them truth
But your echo’s paper-thin
Can’t cut through the calm I’m in
[Pre-Chorus]
You want a war in every word
But I won’t burn for every hurt
[Chorus]
I don’t rush to prove who I am
You can drown in what you think you understand
You talk loud
But I won’t bend
Your small world doesn’t get to be my sentence
I don’t rush to prove who I am
I know my pulse
I don’t need your stamp
You throw fire just to see me defend
But I won’t argue with a story you invented
[Verse 2]
You twist silence into guilt
Paint your fears on what I’ve built
Every question
Boiling bait
Waiting for my hands to shake
I see fractures in your frame
Every judgment hides your shame
You need chaos to feel safe
I step back and let it break
[Pre-Chorus]
You want a scar for every slight
I walk away
Keep my spine upright
[Chorus]
I don’t rush to prove who I am
You can drown in what you think you understand
You talk loud
But I won’t bend
Your small world doesn’t get to be my sentence
I don’t rush to prove who I am
I know my pulse
I don’t need your stamp
You throw fire just to see me defend
But I won’t argue with a story you invented
[Scream Drop]
[Beat cuts—single guitar drone]
(AAAAAAH)
You want me to break?
You want me to beg?
You want a mirror?
I’m not your mirror
[Breakdown]
[Band slams in
Half-time]
Choke on your comfort
Swallow your script
You built that verdict
On sand and spit
All of your “always”
All of your “must”
They turn to splinters
They turn to rust (hey!)
I won’t explain
What you won’t hear
I won’t trade peace
For your cheap cheer
[Bridge]
Let your whispers circle out
They just prove you fear your doubts
Every label that you fling
Falls straight through this iron skin
I won’t stand in your small cage
Bleeding just to feed your rage
You can scream me into names
But you won’t rewrite my veins
[Chorus]
I don’t rush to prove who I am
You can drown in what you think you understand
You talk loud
But I won’t bend
Your small world doesn’t get to be my sentence
I don’t rush to prove who I am
I know my pulse
I don’t need your stamp
You throw fire just to see me defend
But I won’t argue with a story you invented
[Outro]
Soft jaw
Hard truth
My calm
Outlasts you