Done Playing Dead

[Verse 1 - driving, gritty, confident swagger] I played quiet, I played pretty played every part they wrote smiled like I was grateful with a fist around my throat But the good girl's getting restless and the cage don't fit no more I quit asking for permission the day I found the door [Pre-Chorus - tighten, push] You thought I'd stay folded thought I'd stay in line you should've checked the look in the back of my eyes [Chorus - big, melodic, SUNG, full swagger] So go on, say I won't go on and watch me leave you only ever loved the version that was easy to believe No more sugar, no more silence no more pretty alibis I'm done playing dead, darling watch me come alive [Verse 2 - same drive, sharper] They built me in their image hung their hopes around my neck called it love but it was leverage called me lucky for the wreck Well the paint has started cracking and there's something underneath all this time they thought I folded I was sharpening my teeth [Pre-Chorus] You thought I'd stay folded thought I'd stay in line you should've checked the look in the back of my eyes [Chorus - big, melodic, SUNG, full swagger] So go on, say I won't go on and watch me leave you only ever loved the version that was easy to believe No more sugar, no more silence no more pretty alibis I'm done playing dead, darling watch me come alive [Bridge - drop down, then build into the rip - her biggest vocal] You don't get to keep me in the shape you made me fit I'm not the girl you broke in I'm the one that wouldn't quit So let the whole thing burn — every mask, every line I'm not coming back as quiet I'm coming back as mine [Guitar solo - let it scream] [Final Chorus - everything, full power, biggest vocal] So go on, say I won't go on and watch me leave you only ever loved the version that was easy to believe No more sugar, no more silence no more pretty alibis I'm done playing dead, darling watch me come alive [Outro - lead vocal out front, guitars carry it home] I'm done playing dead, darling watch me come alive