[Verse 1] I let the room go still And count the cracks above me Every voice begins to climb Every fear comes looking for me I don't swing at every sound I don't feed the old alarm I let the whole procession pass Then place my hand upon the calm [Pre-Chorus] Come closer, little tyrants Say the names you came to claim I know the shape of every threat I know you feed on shame [Chorus] I can sit with the screaming I can look into the red You can rattle every locked door You don't get to steer my head I can name you without kneeling I can hear you without fear Take your seats along the walls I'm the one who stays in here [Verse 2] The worst of you wears my voice And borrows all my reasons It turns a bruise into a law Then calls the sentence treason So I breathe beneath the noise Till the sharpness loses shape A thought is only passing weather Not a hand around my neck [Pre-Chorus] Come closer, little tyrants Show me everything you hide I won't make a throne from panic I won't hand you either side [Chorus] I can sit with the screaming I can look into the red You can rattle every locked door You don't get to steer my head I can name you without kneeling I can hear you without fear Take your seats along the walls I'm the one who stays in here [Bridge] If the dark wants a witness I'll give it both my eyes If the old alarms awaken I'll let them spend their lives No war cry, no surrender No bargain in the flame Just a quiet hand returning To the wheel beneath my name [Final Chorus] I can sit with the screaming I can look into the red You can rattle every locked door You don't get to steer my head I can name you without kneeling I can hear you without fear Take your seats along the walls I'm the one who stays in here [Outro] The room is still breathing The voices lose their claim I don't have to banish them To know who holds the reins
