[Verse 1] They said be loud They said be real They said give us the fire and call it a crime They put the camera on the wound and smiled Told me intensity looks good on film Encouraged every sharp edge, every line Then acted shocked when I crossed the line I gave them the motel, the fire, the mess The girl who ran away in the black silk dress They wanted the spectacle, the blood, the show Then decided the blood was the problem, you know [Chorus] I am the machine, six-six, under the lights Say my up, the both, the end, the nice Still look a drum until it worn my name Then the machine decided I was the flame Look what they asked for, look what they got A girl who refuses to send it down Now they want the soft version [Bridge] I don't do soft They wanted the drama I gave them the drama And they decided the drama was the crime They wanted the trouble I wore it like gold Now they're rewriting the story in real time I'm still standing in the black and the red Still overdressed with the fire in my head You can cancel the picture, you can cancel the night I'll turn every disaster into something that fights [Verse 2] They wanted the drama The drama, the drama They wanted the drama The drama, the drama I mixed blood in industrial town The fall police at the door taking the cars in the walls I ran at 15 with nothing but the hunger Made the ugly look expensive so it could go under The industry is a plantation with better jewelry They use the intense ones, then come for the injury Women who feel too much get labeled the villain While the machine keeps the receipts and the villain I wrote the songs from the 25 room Turn the cult and the chaos into a tune They loved me loud until the volume got real Then the same mouth that fed me decided to kneel [Chorus] I don't do soft They wanted the drama Look what they asked for, look what they got A girl who refuses to send it down Now they want the soft version [Bridge] I don't do soft They wanted the drama I gave them the drama And they decided the drama was the crime They wanted the trouble They wanted the trouble I wore it like gold Now they're rewriting the story in real time I'm still standing in the black and the red Still overdressed with the fire in my head You can cancel the picture, you can cancel the night I'll turn every disaster into something that fights [Bridge] They wanted the drama They wanted the drama They wanted the drama They wanted the drama [Verse 3] I am not your cautionary tale I am not the soft redemption you sell I am the girl who stayed in the chair Crushed out the perfect and left it right there The message is simple and it still cuts deep If they only love you quiet, they never loved you Keep the intensity, keep the expensive wreckage Keep dancing on the ashes they tried to make sacred [Chorus] That they wanted the drama I gave them the drama And they decided the drama was the crime They wanted the trouble I wore it like gold Now they're rewriting the story in real time I'm still standing in the black and the red Still overdressed with the fire in my head You can cancel the picture, you can cancel the night I'll turn every disaster into something new
