What Say It Back is about
Aimed at everyone telling people to wait their turn, be realistic and stay calm. The answer is a chorus built to be shouted back by a room: "They don't own your voice." As the song puts it, if they call it noise, it's working.
Say It Back lyrics
You hear me
I said, you hear me
They tell us wait your turn
They tell us hold your tongue
They tell us be realistic
While they eat us young
Every rule’s a moving target
Every promise bends
They don’t need our permission
They just need us silent
Count it out
One by one
They only win
When we’re numb
Say it back, say it back
Say it back
Say it back, say it back
They don’t own your voice
They don’t own your breath
Say it back
Say it back
Say it back
They don’t own your voice
They don’t own your breath
Say it back
They sell fear like it’s normal
Dress control as calm
Tell you anger’s the problem
Not the fucking harm
They love you tired and busy
Love you second-guessing
Love you quiet in a crowd
Calling that progressing
Hands up
Teeth clenched
This is where
It ends
Say it back, say it back
Say it back, say it back
No script, no leash
No mute, no mask
Say it back, say it back
Say it back, say it back
No script, no leash
No mute, no mask
Say it back, say it back
When they say behave
We say no
When they say stand down
We say no
When they say keep it civil
I don’t need a leader
I don’t need a plan
Just a room full of voices
That won’t fit in their hands
If they call this noise
Good
That means it’s working
Say it back, say it back
Say it back, say it back
Say it back, say it back
Say it back
If they want us small
We go fucking loud
Say it back, say it back