I Didn't Come to Kneel

I came up through the back door
With the rain upon my coat
Had a pocket full of nothing
And a fire in my throat

They said, “Keep your head down”
They said, “Learn to disappear”
But I was never made for silence
And I was never built for fear

Every scar became a reason
Every fall became a spark
I learned how to make thunder
From the corners of the dark

I didn’t come to kneel
I came to shake the steel
Turn the pain into a rhythm
Make the whole damn room feel

I didn’t come to hide
I came to burn alive
Put the fire in the speakers
Let the dead night come alive

No crown was ever given
I built mine out of noise
I didn’t come to kneel
I came to raise my voice

Raise my voice
Raise my voice

I have slept beside the highway
I have bled beneath the lights
I have carried broken promises
Through a hundred sleepless nights

I have watched the doors close slowly
I have heard the laughter fall
But the ones who tried to break me
Never knew me at all

Every bruise became a lesson
Every doubt became a flame
Now the walls begin to tremble
When the crowd calls out my name

I didn’t come to kneel
I came to shake the steel
Turn the pain into a rhythm
Make the whole damn room feel

I didn’t come to hide
I came to burn alive
Put the fire in the speakers
Let the dead night come alive

No crown was ever given
I built mine out of noise
I didn’t come to kneel
I came to raise my voice

I don’t need your permission
I don’t need your open door
I have paid for every heartbeat
I have crawled across the floor

Now the amplifier’s breathing
And the red lights know my face
When I step into the fire
I know exactly where I stand

Turn it up
Let it roll
Let the rhythm take control

Turn it up
Let it roar
I was born for something more

I didn’t come to kneel
I came to shake the steel
Turn the pain into a rhythm
Make the whole damn room feel

I didn’t come to hide
I came to burn alive
Put the fire in the speakers
Let the dead night come alive

No crown was ever given
I built mine out of noise
I didn’t come to kneel
I came to raise my voice

I didn’t come for mercy
I didn’t come for praise
I came to leave the stage on fire
And disappear into the haze

No chain is gonna hold me
No fear is gonna choose
I didn’t come to kneel
I came to light the fuse

Light the fuse
Raise my voice

Light the fuse
Raise my voice

I didn’t come to kneel