Intro: Fm / Fm / Fm / Ab F# x4
Verse:
Fm
Created the false dichotomy,
Fm
between Lilith and Mary,
Fm
choked out by patriarchy,
Ab F#
and told a lie of genetic prophecy,
Fm
Fuck your test to see if we fit the mold,
Fm
witches will scream until our stories are told.
Fm
born of western cultural fears,
Ab F#
under the boot for ten thousand years.
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Fm Fm / Fm F#
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Ab / F#
Chorus:
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a bitch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name [all over this town.]
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a bitch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name all over this town.
Bridge (fast):
Fm Fm F# Fm x2
Fm Fm F# Fm
In the streets they call you out and tell you what you're worth
Fm Fm F# Fm
a piece of meat to scrutinize, a commodity since birth
Fm Fm F# Fm
feel the pressure to walk that straight and narrow line
Fm Fm F# Fm
to resist this gendered prison would be your greatest crime
Fm Fm F# Fm
because if you dare to live your life and forget that weight of shame
Fm Fm F# Fm
they'll pull your hair and call you Slut and submerge your head again
Fm Fm F# Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
Fm Fm F# Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Fm Fm F# Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
Fm Fm F# Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Fm Fm F# Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
Fm Fm F# Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Chorus:
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a bitch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name [all over this town.]
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a bitch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name all over this town.
Verse:
Fm Ab F#
Be a slut be a prude, no matter you're rude
Fm Ab F#
from fishnets to ties, all I hear are your lies
Fm Ab F#
catcalls and grunts, lude gestures the works
Fm Ab F#
look at you who gets all the perks
Fm Ab F#
there's blood on our hands every 28 days
Fm Ab F#
but the pain that you spread sets the whole world ablaze
Fm Ab F#
I'm a dyke, I'm a femme, no matter I pick
Fm Ab F#
everyday it's my choice, I'll get blood on your dick
Chorus:
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a bitch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name [all over this town.]
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a bitch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name all over this town.
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Fm Fm / Fm F#
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Ab / F#
Verse:
Fm Fm
Destroy shame of your anatomy
Fm
decolonize your stolen body
Ab
reclaim your right to subjectivity
F# Fm
lay ruin to the false dichotomy
Fm
fight the cold waters by all means
Fm
to ignite this town in witches’ screams
Ab
go ahead girl go ahead, get down,
F# Fm
go ahead girl, go ahead, get down