I'm always in charge
of the way I hurt,
and if you try to crush me
I'll do it far worse.

But when the sun sets
we can enter the pain
of knowing that where we walk
is really rarely safe.

We know that chance divides
the living and the dead
any dark lot, any short skirt,
any hot thing she said.

I've never been the kind of girl
who's looking for a prince,
Cuz every kind of prince
carries a power and a risk.

And when I sing this song
I will watch your eyes
Cuz sometimes facts are tough
and they don't apologize.

Singing deep inside of us
are so many octaves of No.
And the honest ground under our feet
holds us as they grow.

Cuz harm, it has a way with the world
And the world, it has a way with girls
And we keep our eyes on every back
And every story clears this cataract.

Don't ask me if I liked it,
or tell me it's just sex.
Don't tell me to avoid it,
or put it out of my head.

Don't tell me it's common,
and don't give me the blame.
Don't tell me it's The Man
and that we have to play that game.

Don't tell me I am weak
just because I've changed.
I'm stronger than you'd ever guess
and our stories are the same.

Cuz harm, it has a way with the world
And the world, it has a way with girls
And we keep our eyes on every back
And every story clears this cataract.