You Don't Touch Me

I learned how to read a room before it spoke

How to stay calm while you pulled the rope

I kept the lights on, kept the wheels straight

While you tested how far you could bend my shape

I carried the days, the nights, the weight

Still got told I was the one too late

Funny thing is, now that I look back where

You needed my spine just to stand like that

You thought my silence meant I agreed

Nah, I was just done feeding the need

You don't touch me, you don't move me

You don't live rent-free in my head anymore

Say my name like it's a threat big try

I'll laugh; I've heard it before

You tried to break me just to feel tall

Tried to make me doubt it all

But you don't touch me; never did

And oh, and oh, and oh, and oh, and oh

Uh, you don't touch me, never did

And oh, and oh, and oh, and oh, and oh

You don't touch me, never did

And oh, and oh, and oh, and oh, and oh

I was already gone when you thought you won

You played both sides like it was art

Held my hand while you planned your part

One day I'm home; next day I'm wrong

Every story changes depending who's on

When I finally said, "This ends right now,"

You smiled like relief, then rewrote how

Told the world I was the enemy

Funny how lies need an audience to breathe

You needed chaos to feel in control

I needed peace; I took my soul

You don't touch me, you don't shake me

You don't get to live inside my doubt

Point your finger, raise your voice

'Cause I won't even slow my route

You needed noise; I needed truth

You needed me, small, I grew

You don't touch me; never could

And oh, and oh, and oh, and oh, and oh

You only mattered when I let you

I don't replay the nights you yelled

Don't second-guess the lies you sold

I see it clean; I see it clear on the chin tone

Power isn't loud; it's cold