a tide that is taking 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,

whenever they try

to shut me or 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.

'Cause I'll breathe

when they try to suffocate me.

Don't you underestimate me

'cause I know that I won't go speechless.

Written in stone,

every rule, every word,

centuries old and unbending.

Stay in your place,

better seen and not heard,

but 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.

Though you wanna see me tremble when you try it,

all I know is I won't go speechless.

Speechless.

'Cause I'll breathe

when they try to suffocate me.

Don't you underestimate me

'cause I know that I won't go speechless.

All I know is I won't go speechless.

Speechless.