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Intro

Twelve boxes by the ocean, twelve words above the skin Camera caught a body, never caught the woman within

Chorus

No number knows me, no label owns me One through twelve could never hold me Draw another box, I walk out the frame No number knows me, remember my name You measured the outline, missed what came through No number knows what a woman can do

Verse 1

Slim gets called lucky, round gets called brave Hourglass gets crowned like beauty needs a stage Apple gets a warning, thick gets turned to bait New words on the picture, old fingers on the scale One came off a night shift, one just woke after a rave One is laughing at a joke the caption unmade The grid can count proportions, not who is really paid It named twelve kinds of bodies, missed twelve women in the shade

Chorus

No number knows me, no label owns me One through twelve could never hold me Draw another box, I walk out the frame No number knows me, remember my name That crown was a ruler; I broke it in two No number knows what a woman can do

Verse 2

One rack says plus, one screen says XL Three tags on one waist, three chances to upsell The fitting-room mirror learns price before her name A company moves the border, then calls the body changed More cloth, fewer colors, apology cut wide The dress she came to celebrate gets hidden in the ride She leaves the tag behind, takes the red one to the street The barcode knew the garment, never knew who made it breathe

Chorus

No number knows me, no label owns me One through twelve could never hold me Draw another box, I walk out the frame No number knows me, remember my name You scanned what I wore, missed what walked through No number knows what a woman can do

Verse 3

At first one trims her photo, one pinches at her waist One waits behind a towel though she came to feel the waves Thin gets told to eat more, thick gets told to hide Curves become a contest with no finish line Then a phone goes face-down, buried in the cloth Box twelve takes box one's hand; they step beyond the flow Twelve women hit the water, no columns past the foam The numbers stay dry on the sand; the names come running through

Bridge

The labels lose their voices where the shoreline bends One laughs, one floats, one races with her friends The lens keeps looking for a rank it cannot find A closer crop sees less of them each time

Chorus

No number knows me, no label owns me One through twelve could never hold me Draw another box, we walk out the frame No number knows us, remember our names You measured the outline, missed what came through No number knows what a woman can do

Outro

Twelve numbers on the towel, twelve names above the waves No number knows me

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