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The Key

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i've worked so hard for this heart of steel
it can take it
but it don't know how to give it out
it can sing "la la la la" but it don't know how to shout
i'm not afraid
at least that's what i'd say
if you could hear me
if you could hear me

but my silence is the lie that weighs me down
my silence is the key to my cage

my brain has learned so many words
so i could use them
to say what i'm feeling
instead of kneeling at your feet la la la la like i don't know how to scream
i'm not afraid
at least that's what i'd say
if you could hear me
if you could hear me

but my silence is the lie that weighs me down
my silence is the key to my cage

like a stone, hard and alone
i'm paralyzed
not by fear, but by what i hold dear to me
it's cowardly to hesitate
when i know the way
to my escape
we all know that i could run
i've got breath in my longs
i've got fire inside
a voice to keep alive
i've got the words in my heart
so why can't i start to set myself free
set myself free

but my silence is the lie that weighs me down
my silence is the key to my cage

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from For Esmé, released July 16, 2013

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Righteous Woman is a feminist awakening and excavation of the voices within, repositioning the multitudes of womanhood, to push back against the patriarchy, to offer the possibility of living on one's own terms.

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