Glitch in Your Machine

I bent my truth to fit your design

I learned your lines

And swallowed all mine

I leashed my chaos just to conform

Silent, I weathered each raging storm

You lit the fuse, then ran from the blast

I smothered my fire to make peace last

("I bit my voice, you praised the quiet")

I am not the glitch in your machine

Not broken wires or rusted dreams

(You call it overload)

I call it feeling everything

You build a cage

Then ask why I scream

You're safe in your world

Of black and white

I blaze in colors too wild and bright

Beneath brittle peace, I feel the cracks

Counting moments until it attacks

You want calm, yet you rattle the cage

Blame me each time you fly in a rage

("It's fine for you but not for me")

I am not the glitch in your machine

Not broken wires or rusted dreams

(You call it overload)

I call it feeling everything

You build a cage, then ask why I scream

Given a role before I could choose

Said silence meant I'd never lose

I locked my dreams

Just to keep the peace

Dimmed my fire

So the chaos would cease

But now I remember my name

And I won't stay quiet in your game

("I won't go quiet")

I am not the glitch in your machine

I'm thunder, code, and kerosene

(You call it madness)

I call it truth you're scared to see

I burn too bright for your circuitry

I am not the glitch in your machine

I am not the glitch in your machine

I am not the glitch in your machine

I am not the glitch in your machine