♪ ♪

♪ Here comes a wave meant to wash me away ♪

♪ A tide that is takin' me under ♪

♪ Swallowing sand, left with nothing to say ♪

♪ My voice drowned out in the thunder ♪

♪ But I won't cry ♪

♪ And I won't start to crumble ♪

♪ I won't start to crumble ♪

♪ Whenever they try ♪

♪ To shut me or cut me down ♪

[man] ♪ I won't be silenced ♪

♪ You can't keep me quiet ♪

♪ Won't tremble when you try it ♪

♪ All I know is I won't go speechless ♪

[woman] ♪ 'Cause I'll breathe ♪

♪ When they try to suffocate me ♪

♪ Don't you underestimate me ♪

♪ 'Cause I know that I won't go speechless ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Written in stone every rule, every word ♪

♪ Centuries old and unbending ♪

♪ "Stay in your place, better seen and not heard" ♪

♪ Well, now that story is ending ♪

♪ 'Cause I, I cannot start to crumble ♪

♪ So come on and try ♪

♪ Try to shut me and cut me down ♪

♪ I won't be silenced ♪

♪ You can't keep me quiet ♪

♪ Won't tremble when you try it ♪

♪ All I know is I won't go speechless ♪

♪ Speechless ♪

♪ Let the storm in ♪

♪ I cannot be broken ♪

♪ No, I won't live unspoken ♪

♪ 'Cause I know that I won't go speechless ♪

♪ Try to lock me in this cage ♪

♪ I won't just lay me down and die ♪

♪ I will take these broken wings ♪

♪ And watch me burn across the sky ♪

♪ Hear the echo saying "I won't be silenced" ♪

♪ Silenced ♪

♪ Though you wanna see me ♪

♪ Tremble when you try it ♪

♪ You wanna see my tremble ♪

♪ All I know is I won't go speechless ♪

♪ Speechless ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll breathe ♪

♪ When they try to suffocate me ♪

♪ When they try to suffocate me ♪

♪ Don't you underestimate me ♪

♪ 'Cause I know that I won't go speechless ♪

♪ Go speechless ♪

♪ All I know is I won't go speechless ♪

♪ Speechless ♪

♪♪♪ [humming]