[Intro – spoken, accented, almost childish] Excuse me. I raised my hand. They cut it off. [Verse 1] I stood in line that led nowhere They stamped my face, said stand right there Smile softer, speak more neat Your anger’s loud, your logic’s weak I said nothing made of silence They heard threat, they called it violence I asked why, they said because That’s how order always was [Pre-Chorus – chant-like] Too loud Too sharp Too much woman Too much heart [Chorus] We speak out of order Out of place Out of turn We laugh at borders Watch them burn If sense is banned Then nonsense fights We don’t ask nice We don’t ask twice [Verse 2] They sell us fear in tidy words Dress control up as concern If you obey, you’re called mature If you resist, you’re called absurd I tripped on truth, it broke their floor Now they don’t know what rules are for I said the chair is judging me They said that’s not reality [Bridge – surreal, Kharms-style] A man fell down For no good reason The building clapped In perfect unison I asked the wall Who gave command The wall said Not a man [Break – shouted call & response] WHO DECIDES? — Not us! WHO PAYS? — Still us! WHO SPEAKS? — We do now! [Final Chorus] We speak out of order And that’s the point Your straight lines snap At every joint If sense is law Then we’re the crime Women speaking Out of time [Outro – spoken, cold] I did not shout. I simply spoke. That’s what broke it.
