Watch Me Now

You got used to my silence Thought that meant I had no say I was picking every battle You were counting every day You got used to easy answers Used to getting your own way I got tired of fitting neatly In the box where I should stay I was listening while you talked Like I wasn’t in the room Funny what survives the dark When everybody else assumes I don’t need another warning I don’t need another guide I don’t need another doorway You got comfortable deciding Who I was before I knew Built a story all around me Like I couldn’t write one too I was never made to fit it Never made to play that role Every wall you put around me Only showed me where to go Watch me now Every label that you handed Started falling from the seams Turns out all the smallest places Couldn’t hold the bigger dreams You can keep the expectations You can keep the narrow view I got tired of being measured By what made sense to you I was always in the mirror Even when you couldn’t tell Waiting for the right moment To become myself I don’t need another warning I don’t need another guide I don’t need another doorway You got comfortable deciding Who I was before I knew Built a story all around me Like I couldn’t write one too I was never made to fit it Never made to play that role Every wall you put around me Only showed me where to go Watch me now I spent too long standing still I spent too long staying small I spent too long asking permission Now I don’t ask at all You got comfortable deciding Who I was before I knew Built a story all around me Like I couldn’t write one too I was never made to fit it Never made to play that role Every wall you put around me Only showed me where to go Watch me now