Too Loud

They said soften, said settle, said smile
Fold yourself neat and stay quiet a while
I swallowed my thunder to fit in the room
Bit my own tongue till it tasted like bruise
But the volume's a girl and she won't stay dead
She's screaming the things that I never said
I spent my whole life on the tips of my toes
Now I'm stomping the floor in my ruined clothes

No more sorry for taking up space
No more shrinking to save your face
If my heart is a fire, then let it ignite
I'm not the problem, you're just uptight

Call me too loud, too much, too bright
I'm not gonna dim to fit in your light
I feel it all and I feel it hard
Wear my whole heart, never on guard
Go on and cover your ears
I've been way too quiet for years
Call me too loud, I'll wear it proud
I'm done, I'm done shrinking down
I'm done, I'm done shrinking down

You want a girl on a dimmer switch
Easy to handle, easy to ditch
But I run hot and I run in red
I'd rather be loud than be quietly dead
Every calm down was a cage they built
Padded with pressure and stitched up with guilt
I tore out the seams, I'm a riot in bloom
Make room for the noise, I'm a sonic boom

No more sorry for taking up space
No more shrinking to save your face
If my heart is a fire, then let it ignite
I'm not the problem, you're just uptight

Call me too loud, too much, too bright
I'm not gonna dim to fit in your light
I feel it all and I feel it hard
Wear my whole heart, never on guard
Go on and cover your ears
I've been way too quiet for years
Call me too loud, I'll wear it proud
I'm done, I'm done shrinking down

Too loud, too much, too alive
Too loud, and I survived
Too loud, too much, too free
Turn it up, that's me

They wanted a whisper, they got a scream
They wanted a candle, they got gasoline
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry
Every decibel of me is free
So plug your ears if it's all too much
I was never built to be quiet enough

Call me too loud, too much, too bright
I'm not gonna dim to fit in your light
I feel it all and I feel it hard
Wear my whole heart, never on guard
Go on and cover your ears
I've been way too quiet for years
Call me too loud, I'll wear it proud
I'm done, I'm done shrinking down

Too loud, too much, too alive
Too loud, and I survived
Too loud, too much, too free
Turn it up, that's me
Turn it up, that's me