"The Tempest" lyrics

I walked through hell on my own two feet
I saw the devil and the devil saw me
I don't cry no more, I bare my teeth
I'm coming for you only dead men sleep

I was nine years old when I got cat called
My mama said "it's not your fault"
These are quiet things we don't talk about
In the heat of summer the wolves come out

I sing to keep my spirit safe
The wind, the sea, the hurricane
How many times the boat did break
I'm a tough motherfucker and no dead men wake

You don't even know me, but you want to tell me
How to use my body, if my body was a gun
You'd care about me, you'd care about me

Don't deny me, it's not your body
Don't deny me, it's not your body
It's not your body

I was sixteen when I learned to cut my throat
Just to give my voice to a bad man's joke
I'm only one woman but I'm not alone
We're coming for you from every coast

I was born in a tempest violently
They did what they did but they couldn't break me
I'm a woman with a grudge for my sanity
I made it this long by the skin of my teeth

I sing to keep my spirit safe
The wind, the sea, the hurricane
How many times the boat did break
I'm a tough motherfucker and no dead men wake

You don't even know me, but you want to tell me
How to use my body, if my body was a gun
You'd give a shit about me, give a shit about me
Give a shit about me, give a sh-

Don't deny me, it's not your body
Don't deny me, it's not your body
It's not your body

Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical
Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical
Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical
Vapid, dumb, shrill, hysterical...

Go ask your captor if it's just a magic trick
There's no mistaking it, pain is the benefit
I never asked to be somebody's enemy
I guess freedom means you get to kill by policy

Don't deny me, it's not your body
Don't deny me, it's not your body
It's not your body
Don't deny me, it's not your body
Don't deny me, it's not your body

Oh it's my body, it's my body, it's my body