They like me quiet, trimmed at the edges... a footnote scribbled in the ledgers... I built the floor they’re standing on... but still, they act like I don’t belong... they call me crazy when I’m loud... but steal my words to wow a crowd... they praise the echo, not the source... they call it genius, change the course... but each dismissal, each disguise... feeds the fire they can’t sanitise...

So here I go again...

I’ll measure out my tone... surrounded by all men, I’ll dress my face in stone...

I’ll keep myself in check... wear this boot upon my neck and smile like it’s my choice... while they silence out my voice...

I’m not their shadow... not their muse... I'm not a weapon that they can choose... I am the fracture in their wall... the reckoning that names it all... and when they ask for quiet grace... I’ll meet them with my unmasked face... no longer trimmed, no longer small...

I'll be the storm that claims it all... yeah, every cut becomes a scar... a ledger showing who they are...

So here I go again...

I’ll measure out my tone... surrounded by all men, I’ll dress my face in stone...

I’ll keep myself in check... wear this boot upon my neck and smile like it’s my choice... while they silence out my voice...

I'll never know what it's like to be a woman... I'll listen, but I'll never understand... it's not something I'll ever get to experience firsthand... but to me, she's the beauty in the dark. Yeah, she's my witch... so if she designs a pattern, then I'll help her stitch... I'm in her corner, I've got her back... I'll be there when her problems stack... Yeah, I'll hold her close when she's out of wack...

Ahhhh she screams, "This world is absurd!" Yeah, her emotions have stirred! She's overthinking. Yeah, she's stuck on one word! She tries to speak... but then she gets deterred! Yeah, she's just so tired... of never being heard! Oh-woh-oh! She's so damn tired of never being heard!!!!!

So here I go again... I’ll measure out my tone... surrounded by all men, I’ll dress my face in stone...

I’ll keep myself in check... wear this boot upon my neck and smile like it’s my choice... while they silence out my voice...