She Won't Back Down

She walks through shadows cast by doubt

Told to sit still, keep her voice down

But fire burns behind her eyes

A storm disguised in lullabies

They said “you can’t,” she asked “why not?”

Each “no” just fuels the fight she’s got

She won’t back down, she won’t be tamed

Not a muse, not a prize, not a face with no name

She’s rising up, loud and proud

Breaking the silence, breaking the ground

She won’t back down

They tried to write her history

But she's the ink and not the page

She lifts the ones they tried to cage

Turns quiet rage into a wave

The past was theirs, but now she sees

The future bends for those who lead

She won’t back down, she won’t be tamed

Not a muse, not a prize, not a face with no name

She’s rising up, loud and proud

Breaking the silence, breaking the ground

She won’t back down

From suffrage to scars, from silence to stars

Every step was paved with broken bars

And still, she stands

And still, she stands...

She won’t back down, she won’t be tamed

Not a muse, not a prize, not a face with no name

She’s rising up, loud and proud

Breaking the silence, breaking the ground

She won’t back down

No, she won’t back down