I Was Never Made to Kneel [Intro — whispered] They called me demon… because I wouldn’t bow. They called me dangerous… because I learned my worth. But I know who I am. I always did. [Verse 1] Born from the same earth, so why should I be less? You wanted me beneath you, I wanted nothing less than a love that stood beside me, not a hand around my throat. You called it disobedience, I called it letting go. I heard the voice that said, “Just stay and play your part.” But something wild inside me was louder than my heart. So I walked into the darkness with the night beneath my feet, and every step away from you made me harder to defeat. [Pre-Chorus] You can paint me with your fear, you can curse me with your name, but every time you try to break me I come back changed. [Chorus] I was never made to kneel, never made to be controlled. You can call me Lilith, you can call me something cold. I would rather walk alone than lose myself to keep you close. If the darkness is my kingdom, then the darkness is my home. I was never made to kneel. No, I was never made to kneel. [Verse 2] They turned my freedom into sin, turned my power into shame. Made a monster from a woman who refused to play their game. They whispered that I steal the breath of those who don’t obey, but they never tell the story of the woman who walked away. I know what it is to lose everything they said was mine. I know what it is to stand alone and still call that divine. There’s a fire in my silence, there’s a truth beneath my skin. You don’t have to understand me for me to know who I’ve been. [Pre-Chorus] You can paint me with your fear, you can curse me with your name, but every woman you tried to silence learned to speak the same. [Chorus] I was never made to kneel, never made to be controlled. You can call me Lilith, you can call me something cold. I would rather walk alone than lose myself to keep you close. If the darkness is my kingdom, then the darkness is my home. I was never made to kneel. No, I was never made to kneel. [Bridge — softer, almost whispered] Maybe I’m the shadow you were taught to fear. Maybe I’m the question you don’t want to hear. What if I don’t need permission? What if I don’t need your throne? What if walking into darkness was the first time I came home? I am not your warning. I am not your sin. I am every broken piece I chose to gather in. [Breakdown] I left Eden. I lost everything. And somehow… I found me. [Final Chorus — powerful] I was never made to kneel, never made to disappear. You can call me demon, but I don’t belong to your fear. I would rather face the night than live beneath somebody’s rules. You tried to make me powerless— I became impossible to move. I was never made to kneel, I was never yours to own. I walked out into the darkness and I built myself a throne. [Outro — whispered] So call me Lilith. Call me wicked. Call me wild. Just don’t call me yours. I was never made to kneel.
