I Answer to Myself

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Yeah

Verse 1

They wrote my name down in their little book

Told me where to stand and how to look

I learnt early that a rule ain't a fact

It's just a man with a title and a back

I made my mistakes in full view

Broke what I should've kept and kept what I knew

The lessons cost me more than money can name

But I walked out with my own frame

Pre-Chorus

You can build your walls

I know where the door is

You can set the rules

I know the code is mine

Chorus

I answer to myself

That's the whole truth

I answer to myself

I don't need your proof

Make your laws on paper

I keep mine in my chest

I answer to myself

And that's my rest

Verse 2

The ones who swore they'd never bend

They all went quiet when the tide turned in

I watched them trade their spine for a seat

Now they can't remember what they used to be

I lost some friends to my own pride

Won some back when I let my ego slide

I ain't perfect and I never claimed to be

I just refuse to let you govern me

Pre-Chorus

You can build your walls

I know where the door is

You can set the rules

I know the code is mine

Chorus

I answer to myself

That's the whole truth

I answer to myself

I don't need your proof

Make your laws on paper

I keep mine in my chest

I answer to myself

And that's my rest

Bridge

Soft breath

(The beat falls away)

Mm

I don't need to be the loudest in the room

I just don't recognise your authority over me

That's not rebellion

That's just memory

I already survived the consequences

Chorus

I answer to myself

That's the whole truth

I answer to myself

I don't need your proof

Make your laws on paper

I keep mine in my chest

I answer to myself

And that's my rest

I answer to myself

I answer to myself