CHURCH

Always tried to speak up for myself

Loudest in the classroom

But youth felt like an essay paper, an echo chamber

Other people choose

Over time, an avalanche

Snowed on every olive branch I grew

Learned to play their selfish ways

Hoped to find new solace in their rules

Anger grew like lichen

Trust me, girl, I've tried to fight and break it

Tried to take their building down

But structurally, there ain't no way to change it

I'm a church, no steeple

I'm a compass with no point

Too much for you to handle

I'm too loud with my voice

They said, "When you're older, the power will shift"

But I'm twenty-something, in my prime years

I still don't see it

But I'm twenty-something, in my prime years

Still don't feel it

I've learned pride is just a thing that holds you back

It's just easier to shrink

Fit the box before you have to pack

Don't forget what they think

No one's gonna salt the roads

I'm skating in between the cars to safety

Tried to do what Joni said

My future daughters' in my head, I'm breaking

I'm a church with no steeple

I'm a compass with no point

Too much for you to handle

I'm too loud with my voice

They said, "When you're older, the power will shift"

But I'm twenty-something, in my prime years

Still don't see it

But I'm twenty-something, in my prime years

I still don't feel it