[Verse 1] I was raised on folded hands and quiet teeth Told my rage was ugly, told to make it sweet They built their thrones from our bent backs Called it order, called it facts [Pre-Chorus] Every rule was carved in bone Every door slammed, every stone But I learned how walls come down When enough fists hit the ground [Chorus] Down with the patriarchy Hear the daughters sing You can keep your paper crowns We don’t bow to kings Down with the patriarchy Feel the old lies rot We were never asking nicely This is what you got [Verse 2] They said smile more, bleed less loud Be grateful, girl, don’t draw a crowd But gratitude don’t stitch these scars And silence never changed the bars [Pre-Chorus] We were sparks in soaked-out streets Still we learned to make our heat From the ashes, from the ache From every no we couldn’t take [Chorus] Down with the patriarchy Stamp it in the mud Every rule that fed on fear Every fake old god Down with the patriarchy This is not a phase It’s a reckoning in rhythm And it’s here to stay [Bridge] Raise a glass to every name They tried to bury, tried to shame To the witches, workers, wild ones To the girls who bit back harder We are thunder, we are sound We are many, you are crowns And crowns crack [Breakdown Chant] No more waiting No more please No more shrinking On our knees [Final Chorus] Down with the patriarchy Hear the pavement ring Every bootstep, every voice Is a broken thing Down with the patriarchy Let it all come down We don’t need your permission We’re burning the crown [Outro] So sing it sore and sing it proud Sing it sharp and sing it loud History’s knocking, fists red-brown Down with it all Down with the crown
