Winter Doesn't Kneel

Verse 1

White fur pressed against a starched collar

They combed me into something they could show

Every hallway measured my posture

Every dinner taught me how to fold

Pre-Chorus

I nodded at the right time

I smiled at the right name

Something underneath was screaming

Something underneath was not the same

Chorus

Break me open

Break me open

I am not the portrait on your wall

Break me open

Break me open

Let the winter in and watch it fall

Verse 2

Then a red tail flickered in the doorway

Soft accent cutting through the stone

She asked me what I wanted

Nobody had ever asked before

Pre-Chorus

My chest went quiet

My chest went loud

I had buried this for years

Now she's pulling it out

Chorus

Break me open

Break me open

I am not the portrait on your wall

Break me open

Break me open

Let the winter in and watch it fall

Bridge

Scream it

Scream it

I am not small

Scream it

Scream it

I am not small

Not your box

Not your plan

Not your daughter on demand

Breakdown

Rage

Rage

Rage

Rage

Chorus

Break me open

Break me open

I am not the portrait on your wall

Break me open

Break me open

Let the winter in and watch it fall

Post-Chorus

(Rage)

(Rage)

Let it fall

Let it fall

(Rage)

(Rage)

Let it fall

Let it fall