Teeth

You wanted something quiet

You should’ve left me alone

You kept your hand around my throat And called it something I

should know You carved your version into me Then wondered why I

couldn’t breathe I learned the language of your silence Every pause became

a warning You kept pressing on the fracture Till the wound forgot

its warning

But something underneath me Started waking in the dark Every time you

tried to bury me You only fed the spark

You taught me how to bite (yeah!) Now you’re afraid of what

survives

You wanted me obedient You wanted me quiet

But I grew teeth

Every time you tried it

You taught me how to bite

Now watch me sharpen in the light You thought you broke the

animal You only taught it how to fight

I don’t need your absolution I don’t need another excuse You can

polish every memory It won’t make your version true

I know the shape of your excuses I know the rhythm of

your lies You kept mistaking my restraint For something you could weaponize

Something underneath me Won’t stay buried now

Every chain you wrapped around me Is falling to the ground

YOU WANTED CONTROL YOU LOST IT YOU WANTED A VICTIM

YOU MADE A THREAT

I’M NOT YOUR LESSON

I’M NOT YOUR PROPERTY

YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON MY THROAT NOW WATCH WHAT GROWS BENEATH

MY SKIN

I don’t need revenge

I don’t need you to understand The person you kept trying to

silence

Doesn’t answer to you anymore

You didn’t make me stronger

You revealed what was already there

I was never your possession

I was only waiting to remember

You taught me how to bite

Now you’re afraid of what survives You wanted me obedient You wanted

me quiet

But I grew teeth Every time you tried it

You taught me how to bite Now watch me sharpen in the

light You thought you broke the animal You only taught it how

to fight I GREW TEETH

I GREW TEETH

YOU CAN’T TAKE THEM BACK

I GREW TEETH

I GREW TEETH NOW LIVE WITH THAT

You wanted something quiet… You should’ve left me

alone.