Your Best Nightmare - Joan of Arc

Dress me in white and put me on a pedestal
I'm a girl after all, so keep me in a box
Where I can't fight for my rights,
or my freedoms.
Teach me to pray, teach me what to say, and keep me locked away.
Burn me at the stake, yeah it's fine
I don't want to be
Another cog in this misogynistic machine.
I don't want to play by the rules or play my part
I'd rather die as Joan of Arc.
I'm more than a doe eyed prophecy
Shut up and listen to me, you're scared aren't you.
I know that you like 'em meek and mild, but I won't
Sit down quietly.
You're scared of me, of what I can see, clinging to your masculinity.
Burn me at the stake, yeah it's fine
I don't want to be
Another cog in this misogynistic machine.
I don't want to play by the rules or play my part
I'd rather die as Joan of Arc.
I can handle myself fine thanks, I'm just being frank.
You can't stop a girl
Who's the hero of this story, and doesn't need you to
Save her.
I've got a vision, I'm on a mission, I'm craving demolition.
Burn me at the stake, yeah it's fine
I don't want to be
Another cog in this misogynistic machine.
I don't want to play by the rules or play my part
I'd rather die as Joan of Arc.
I'll suit up and watch them fall,
I've got more bravado than them all put together.
I'm more of a man than you'll ever be.
I'm more of a man than you'll ever be, but without the toxic masculinity.
Burn me at the stake, yeah it's fine
I don't want to be
Another cog in this misogynistic machine.
I don't want to play by the rules or play my part
I'd rather die as Joan of Arc.

Written by:
Erin Porter

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