[Start] [Intro – Spoken / Offbeat Guitar Chop, Bass Creeping In] Check, check. This one’s for everybody who was told to sit pretty... [pause] and heard “climb higher.” [Beat Kicks In] [Verse 1] We came in laughing Through the side door light Boots all crooked But the walk feels right Lipstick chipped Like a warning sign Good little manners On borrowed time Somebody said “Don’t make a scene” So we made three And a mezzanine Not here to beg Not here to please We got wild hearts And duplicate keys [Pre-Chorus] Raise the roof But don’t ask nice Shake the lock Till it thinks twice If the line says stop We lean and grin Not breaking out We’re breaking in [Chorus – Call-and-Response Built In] Wake the rebel (Wake, wake!) Shake the table (Shake, shake!) Too much trouble? (Make, make!) Who said behave? (Not today!) Velvet riot (Soft but loud!) Silver siren (Call it out!) Pretty danger (Teeth in bloom!) We don’t shrink For any room Hands up high (Still our hands!) Hearts on fire (Still we dance!) Push that edge (Test that sky!) Tell the old world “Move aside” [Verse 2] We don’t need crowns We don’t need thrones We got basement amps And boundary bones Every shy kid With a secret spark Every loud one Lighting up the dark Every soft one Who survived the squeeze Every strange one Who refused the leash Every boy brave enough To drop the act Every girl who said “I’m not going back” [Pre-Chorus] Raise the roof But keep your name They love control When they call it shame If the wall stands tall We laugh at height Not burning down Just stealing night [Chorus – Call-and-Response Built In] Wake the rebel (Wake, wake!) Shake the table (Shake, shake!) Too much trouble? (Make, make!) Who said behave? (Not today!) Velvet riot (Soft but loud!) Silver siren (Call it out!) Pretty danger (Teeth in bloom!) We don’t shrink For any room Hands up high (Still our hands!) Hearts on fire (Still we dance!) Push that edge (Test that sky!) Tell the old world “Move aside” [Break – EDM Pulse Under Ska Guitar] Step on the crack Trip every alarm Smile like charm Move like harm Glitter in the gutter Fuzz in the wire Nobody owns What we desire [pause] Count us in. One, two... Nope. We go when we want. [Verse 3 – Crunchier Guitar] We are not mascots We are not pets We are not stories You edited yet We are not waiting In the wings all sweet We are the drumline Under your feet We bend the dress code We flood the hall We kiss who we love We stand up tall We laugh too loud We take up space We wear our freedom All over our face [Bridge – Half-Time Grunge Sway] This is not anger This is oxygen This is the door Learning how to open This is a spark With a bassline grin This is the skin We are dancing in No one gets to tell us Where the ceiling starts No one gets a ruler For our hungry hearts [pause] Some people call that dangerous. Cute. [Final Chorus – Bigger / Gang Vocals] Wake the rebel (Wake, wake!) Shake the table (Shake, shake!) Too much trouble? (Make, make!) Who said behave? (Not today!) Velvet riot (Soft but loud!) Silver siren (Call it out!) Pretty danger (Teeth in bloom!) We don’t shrink For any room Hands up high (Still our hands!) Hearts on fire (Still we dance!) Push that edge (Test that sky!) Tell the old world “Move aside” [Final Chorus – Repeat / Faster Ska Push] Wake the rebel (Wake, wake!) Shake the table (Shake, shake!) Too much trouble? (Make, make!) Who said behave? (Not today!) Velvet riot (Soft but loud!) Silver siren (Call it out!) Pretty danger (Teeth in bloom!) We don’t shrink For any room [Outro – Spoken / Feedback and Bass Walk] If that made you uncomfortable... [pause] Good. Means the walls heard it too. [End]
