I was 16 when they told me, "Girl

Know your place, this ain't your world

If you dress like that, then your asking for

And you'll go nowhere with a voice like yours"

Fuck it

They said, "Hush, little girl, don't make a scene

Just cross those legs, forget that dream"

But that ain't something I'll ever do

Who said you can't be a witch in your cowgirl boots?

Throw down

Tall poppy when I'm scorching the ground

The crowd threw me out for the kill

Told me how to dress and how to feel

They held me down but I learned how to heal

Look at me now, look at what I built

No Freedom without the will

Won't die for much, but I'll die on this hill

Some choose the cage 'cause they love the gild

My wings grew back, and theirs never will

Mary Magdalene had some fun

Some called her a whore, some called her a nun

Was she the baddest bitch in Bethlehem?

We'll never know 'cause her story's written by men

Saw a ballerina on a farm, it made me sad

Why you locking up a girl who can dance like that?

You craved the shine that she once had

So you caged the bird 'cause it won't fly back

The crowd threw me out for the kill (for the kill)

Told me how to dress and how to feel (how to feel)

They held me down but I learned how to heal

Look at me now, look at what I built (what I built)

No freedom without the will (without the will)

Won't die for much, but I'll die on this hill (I'll die on this hill)

Some choose the cage 'cause they love the gild

My wings grew back, and theirs never will

I live to see another day, I live to write my story, oh

I live to find my glory, won't let them speak no words for me, oh

And I'll be damned

The crowd threw me out for the kill (my wings grew back)

Told me how to dress and how to feel

They held me down but I learned how to heal (my wings grew back)

Look at me now, look at what I built

No freedom without the will (my wings grew back)

Won't die for much, but I'll die on this hill

Some choose the cage 'cause they love the gild (my wings grew back)

My wings grew back, and theirs never will