(verse 1) knocked down seventy seven times seventy seven and I'm still alive every scar another reason to rise you looked away but I kept my eyes you shut the door you drew the line called me wrong called me out of my mind misfit they said like it was a crime 1977 and I'm out of time (pre-chorus) you don't see me you never did just another outcast just another kid but I'm still here still breathing still loud and I don't need your door I don't need your crowd (chorus — gang shout) WRITE ME OFF BREAK ME DOWN WRITE ME OFF I'll burn this whole thing to the ground BREAK ME DOWN KICK DOWN THE DOOR if nobody lets me in I'll let myself in WRITE ME OFF you won't be sorry you never are (verse 2 — direct address) look me in the face when you turn away say it to my teeth not behind my name the industry the scene the room the stage every locked door feeds my rage you built your walls I built my fire you called me noise I called it desire you passed me over picked your own kind left me outside left me behind (pre-chorus 2) but something in me won't lie down and break something in me has too much at stake I've been burned before I know how it feels when the world moves on like you never were real (breakdown — single guitar, raw, slow, vulnerable) society's rejection burns my bones burns slow burns deep when nobody claims you you carry it alone every room that closed every name they didn't call every door that never opened I felt every wall (silence — one beat) (chorus slams back — full band, gang shout, furious) WRITE ME OFF BREAK ME DOWN WRITE ME OFF I'll burn this whole thing to the ground BREAK ME DOWN KICK DOWN THE DOOR if nobody lets me in I'll kick down the door WRITE ME OFF you won't be sorry you never are you never were (outro — frenzied, repeating, feedback building) write me off write me off I'm still here write me off kick down the door write me off I'm still here STILL HERE
