2. Ungovernable

Verse 1 You wanted something manageable something you could name and file Something that would smile on cue and shrink itself in style I was so good at the smallness I practiced it for years — I got fluent in the language of making myself disappear Pre-chorus But I've been learning a new dialect that doesn't fit your mouth I've been learning what my body says when it isn't facing south Chorus Ungovernable I am ungovernable you can't legislate what I've become Ungovernable I am ungovernable the small self is done the small self is done Verse 2 You drew the lines so carefully you thought I'd stay inside But borders are just stories and I've run out of the prescribed I don't need your permission I don't need your map I don't need the little room you built for me to collapse Pre-chorus I've been learning a new dialect that doesn't fit your mouth I've been learning what my body says when it isn't facing south Chorus Ungovernable I am ungovernable you can't legislate what I've become Ungovernable I am ungovernable the small self is done the small self is done Bridge (distorted, overlapping vocal layers) Name me — go ahead Contain me — go ahead Explain me — go ahead (spoken underneath) Go ahead. I'll wait. Final Chorus Ungovernable I am ungovernable you can't legislate what I've become Ungovernable I am ungovernable (shrieked/belted) the small self is DONE Outro (percussion alone, then cuts)