I was quiet for the wrong reasons. I kept my hands inside the light so nobody could see them shake I learned the shape of every room by what the walls would take The ceiling wires were humming like they knew my name I heard the city counting down and I counted back the same I was not built softer I was only built still I was standing in the voltage waiting for the kill Then the white light split Then the red line moved Then the floor said run but my voice said prove And I opened up like a broken wire not to burn it down just to sing it higher White voltage in my throat tonight I can make the dark turn its face to the light White voltage through my ribs, through my hands I don't need the crown I need the room to understand If I go high don't pull me down I am the signal now Ah-ah-ah, white voltage Ah-ah-ah, I am the signal now They wanted something pretty with a clean black frame A little fire on command with a safer name But I have lived in feedback I have slept near sparks I have carried whole machines through the animal dark Every fear had teeth Every door had rules Every mirror said behave Every screen said choose So I chose the break and I chose the climb and I put my voice where they buried mine Then the white light split Then the red line moved Then the floor said run but my voice said prove And the amps leaned in and the wires bowed and the dead air woke when I sang out loud White voltage in my throat tonight I can make the dark turn its face to the light White voltage through my ribs, through my hands I don't need the crown I need the room to understand If I go high don't pull me down I am the signal now I am not the echo I am not the frame I am not the girl they taught to hold the flame I am not the ending I am not the wound I am what happens when the note breaks through Say my name in the blackout Say my name in the wire Say my name when the whole room starts climbing higher White voltage in my throat tonight I can make the dark turn its face to the light White voltage through my ribs, through my hands I don't need the crown I need the room to understand If I go high don't pull me down I am the signal now I am the signal now I am the signal now White voltage White voltage
