Assembly Line - Mary Lambert

One thing I know

I’m not the same girl

​I couldn’t speak

You were too loud in my world

But just because you make noise

You’re not powerful

You’re not powerful

I’ve got the last word

Slow down, slow down, slow down

I’ve got to be heard

I’m not a pretty machine in your assembly line

Trying to do what I can, but it’s terrifying

I’m taking back all my things and my borrowed time

This life is mine, this life is mine

Running in circles

Running in circles

Running in circles

I’m asking for air

Don’t let me suffocate

This isn’t love

The world that you have created

I’m standing my ground

While the earth shakes

While the earth shakes

Let the earth shake

I made peace with the part of me that couldn’t leave

I made peace with the part of me that couldn’t speak