Transmission

[Verse 1] Jaw locked, phone lit, one sentence burning in my hand Heart kicking like it still thinks I should run I was raised on swallowing On softening every blow Making truth polite enough So no one ever had to know I could read the storm in a sideways glance Keep the peace by disappearing But silence started costing more Than the truth would cost to speak [Pre-Chorus] Something in me crossed the line Something in me finally gave The word I swallowed for years Started beating at the cage [Chorus] Transmission That’s what the truth became Cut through the noise And called the lie by name Transmission One word and the whole room changed I was quiet for years Now I speak like a live wire in the rain [Verse 2] You could hear the old religion In every warning in my head Stay small, stay useful, stay careful Stay softer than what’s said I got tired of dressing fear up Like it was wisdom, like it was grace Tired of letting every coward truth Wear somebody else’s face So I said the word that scared me I said it clean, I said it true And the air in that same kitchen Finally felt like it belonged to me too [Pre-Chorus] Something in me stood its ground The thing I thought would break me Was the thing that broke me out [Chorus] Transmission That’s what the truth became Cut through the noise And called the lie by name Transmission One word and the whole room changed I was quiet for years Now I speak like a live wire in the rain [Bridge] I thought truth would feel like glory Like some clean and holy thing Turns out it feels like shaking While your voice learns how to ring Turns out courage looks ordinary A hand, a throat, a breath, a scar Just a body choosing not to bend The way it once was taught [Final Chorus] Transmission That’s what the truth became Lit up the dark And left the lie with nowhere left to hide Transmission One word and the whole room changed I was quiet for years Now I speak like a live wire Still shaking Still here [Outro] Jaw unlocked Phone dark Still here Transmission