Break The Covenant

(chanting voices, distorted pulse)

You don’t own me.

You never did.

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I walked back into the dark I made

Not to beg, not to pray

I remembered the throne I built from fear

And I brought the fire with me here

You wore my wounds like royalty

Sat on my doubt like a king in me

But every chain you fed my mind

Is the blade I use tonight

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I was your vessel, I was your throne

Now I’m the storm you can’t control

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I break the covenant

I tear the crown from your head

You fed on my weakness

Now choke on my strength instead

I break the covenant

I burn your kingdom to the ground

You don’t own my heartbeat

You don’t own me now

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You said I’d die if I walked away

That the dark would swallow my name

But here I stand in the wreck you made

With a spine of steel and a flame in my veins

I carried your shadow across my skin

Now I carve it out from within

I don’t need heaven, I don’t need hell

I need myself and I choose it well

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I was your miracle, your disguise

Now I am the truth in your eyes

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I break the covenant

I tear the crown from your head

You fed on my weakness

Now choke on my strength instead

I break the covenant

I burn your kingdom to the ground

You don’t own my heartbeat

You don’t own me now

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(ALL)

YOU DON’T OWN ME

YOU DON’T OWN ME

YOU DON’T OWN ME NOW

(GUTTURAL)

THIS THRONE WAS BUILT FROM MY BONES

NOW I BREAK IT DOWN

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I forgive the version of me that was afraid

He kept me alive till I learned my name

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I break the covenant

I tear the crown from your head

You fed on my weakness

Now choke on my strength instead

I break the covenant

I burn your kingdom to the ground

You don’t own my heartbeat

You don’t own me now

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(whispered)

This is the sound of the door closing.