*[Intro - Woman 1, half-screamed]* WOMAN 1: I spent years being so fucking nice... Now watch me burn the nice away. WOMAN 2: I know. I did too.[calm][smiles] *[Verse 1 - Woman 1 - The old pain]* WOMAN 1: I used to fold myself into origami cranes Just so they could say I was easy to hold Swallowed my opinions with a smile Choked on "sorry" made of solid gold WOMAN 2: [answers softly] WOMAN 2: I walked that same road, sister. *[Pre-Chorus - Together]* WOMAN 1: I was raised to be innocent, trained to be quiet and sit nicely! WOMAN 2: I was too. Until the cage got too small. *[Chorus 1 - Woman 1 leads, Woman 2 supports]* WOMAN 1: I'm polite no more! Fuck your comfort, I'm keeping score! WOMAN 2: Keep it. Keep it. WOMAN 1: I'm done shrinking, done apologizing! WOMAN 2: Done. We're done. *[Verse 2 - Woman 2 - YOUR WORDS - The new freedom]* WOMAN 2: [this is YOU now, calm and free] I'm rude on purpose, I don't care anymore I walk by and inside I smile If truth makes them uncomfortable - I don't Polite no more, I don't explain, I don't repair - done If you break a promise with a betrayal, I'm gone fast Performing emotional labor For people who treat me like a tool Is nothing I do - but they might want to believe *[Bridge - Woman 2 - Your heart]* WOMAN 1: I'm small, I'm kind, I love deeply But I feel disgust and contempt for those who want to hurt others And who have hurt me So I keep them at a distance and ignore their existence I live my life as if they never existed And it feels so damn good! WOMAN 1: So damn good...[whispered] *[Breakdown - BOTH, face to face, screaming together]* BOTH: I WILL NOT BEHAVE! I WILL NOT BEHAVE! WOMAN 1: I WILL NOT MAKE MYSELF SMALLER SO YOU CAN FEEL TALL! WOMAN 2: I'M NOT SORRY β I'M NOT SORRY β I'M NOT FUCKING SORRY AT ALL! *[Final Chorus - Healing - Woman 2 leads Woman 1 out]* WOMAN 2: My song you heard, did you listen carefully? I've left that trauma WOMAN 1: You've left it? WOMAN 2: I've left it. But believe me I know and I hear you loud and clear WOMAN 1: You hear me? WOMAN 2: Loud and clear. WOMAN 1: Thank you for wanting to strengthen - I feel the same BOTH: Polite no more - and never again Polite no more - and it feels so damn good! *[Outro - Two women, smiling, calm]* WOMAN 2: [soft laugh inside] Inside I smile. WOMAN 1: [first time smiling] Me too.
