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 9 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 16 when I learned to cut my throat
Just to give my voice to a bad man's joke
I'm a shell of a 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
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
Go ask your captor if it's just a magic trick
there's no mistaking it
Pain is the point of it
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
credits
released July 7, 2025
Written, engineered, produced by Mary Lambert
Guitar: Jake Woodruff
Bass: Tim Mendonsa
Mandolin: Soren Olsen
Trumpet: Kyla Moscovich
Mixed by: Chris Kasych
Mastered by: Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mary Lambert is a poet-singer-songwriter and is best known for her soulful vocals and lyrics in the Grammy nominated gay rights anthem, "Same Love." She is at work on a new album. The Tempest is her latest release.
