Rockin' In Rage

(album: WHO - 2019)

If I can't speak my truth for fear of being abused
I might as well be a mute, my voice never used
I'll be maligned, I'll be dissed and then trolled
If I can't be aligned, I'll be thrown in the cold

I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin
I'm too old to fight the machetes and blades
I feel like a leper, like handing my cards in
Like I don't have the right to join the parades

I'm rocking in rage, forward and back
My bones disengage, they splinter and crack

Defying the clock in one last rampage
Drop all the lines, I'm rocking in rage

Rocking in rage, oh, I won't leave the stage
Oh yeah, I'm rocking in rage
If you can write it right here, you know how to die
If you can conquer your fear, you'll get to fly
Ooh, you'll get to fly

This must be your right, to get it down on the page
You know you must write, you know you must rage
You might learn to fly, get out on the stage
But you might as well lie, unless you can rage

I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin
I'm too old to fight the machetes and blades
I feel like a leper, like handing my cards in
Like I don't have the right to join the parades

I'm rocking in rage, well past my prime
Denying the curtain, wasting no time

So this is the carver, the death before age
I thought I'd be calm, but I'm rocking in rage

Rocking in rage, ooh, I won't leave the stage
I'm rocking in rage, rocking in rage
Rocking in rage, no, I won't leave the stage
'Cause I'm a-rocking in rage
No, no, no, ooh, I won't leave the stage

If I can't speak my truth for fear of being abused
Might as well be a mute, my voice never used
This must be my right, get it down on the page
I know I must write, I know I must rage
Rage
Rage