Anger was caged in polite routines Fed something rabid behind the scenes Stacked in the corners of practiced grace Every soft answer I forced in place I learned to press my anger for the bound Trade every surge for softer ground Polish my tone so it won't show Act like the fury has no glow You praised the way I stayed controlled Under the years I did what I was told Held me up as a redeemed case Something feral kept its pace Every time I softened rage Pressure built inside the cage Forced it under mild routines Poison circling through the seams Holy rage, I let you reign Make a sermon from my pain I won't play their holy role I am what they can't control If this rage is all I own I won't call it wrong or small Every part you pushed below I will let it take it all You turned my doubts into polite art Hung them like trophies on your wall Called my restraint a noble mark Smiled when I made myself stay small You swore rage made me less So I coated it in shame Under each polite caress Anger urged me to remain Every time I knelt to please Chasing some approved ideal Something ruthless snapped the leash Growling that my rage is real Holy rage, take this place Turn this fury into hymns I won't fake a gentle face I won't let you chain these limbs If this anger is my core I won't brand it as disease Let it rise and set the score Let it move the way it pleases (Stop) Stop dressing rage as simple fault Label it as childish sin Use my patience as your vault Hide the riot locked within You parade my softer days Post them like a perfect cure Tell the crowd I changed my ways Sell my silence as secure All your methods, gold and clean Can't erase this pulsing core I am not your gentle scene I am rage that asks for more I held my anger like a sin Hid it deep where none could see Tried to swap it for a grin Lost the sharpest parts of me When the world felt cold and spare Rage was there and would not fade It remembered every stare Every promise that betrayed Stop demanding that I heal I am rage made of steel No more masks for your show Every judgment makes it grow Call me broken, call me cruel Every label feeds this fuel (Yeah) You want empty, you want weak I bring fury without shame Holy rage, take this place Turn this fury into hymns I won't fake a gentle face I won't let you chain these limbs If this anger is my core I won't brand it as disease Let it rise and set the score Let it move the way it pleases No more false appeasement games No more smiles to keep you calm If you only loved me tame You can leave me with my rage I stop begging to be soft I stop trimming every edge Anger sits beside me now Not as monster, not as test It has carried what they dropped It has seen what others fled I stay here with all of it And at last we walk as one