Cover my ears and close my eyes
Just long enough to stop the noise
Go on take everything and throw it away
But I will use my voice

Drown every truth in an ocean of lies
Label me bitch because I dare to draw my own line
Burn every bridge and build a wall in my way
But I will use my voice

Whether you like it or not, you’re gonna take what I got
If we can’t talk about it, we’ll just keep drowning in it
Give me credit or not, I give a lot, give a lot
But don’t you speak for me
No, don’t you speak for me

Never mind me, I’m a waste of your time
I’m never gonna fit in the box that you need and I can read between the lines, yeah
Gather your friends and wave your gun in my face
But I will use my voice

Whether you like it or not, you’re gonna take what I got
If we can’t talk about it, we’ll just keep drowning in it
Give me credit or not, I give a lot, give a lot
But don’t you speak for me
No, don’t you speak for me

Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not

One day soon
It’s gonna fall back on you
No more lies
We’re gonna break right through
Like it or not

If we can’t talk about it, we’ll just keep drowning in it
Give me credit or not, I give a lot, give a lot
But don’t you speak for me
No, don’t you speak for me
Don’t you speak for me

Stand in the front but shut up till I tell you to go
And don’t get caught up in pretend cause you’re not in control
Cause this is my world, little girl, you’d be lost on your own
Just hating and waiting and saving up

I’ll do you a favor and save you if you sign on the line
Don’t worry your pretty little head about the future, it’s all fine
Whether you’re wrong or you’re right, doesn’t matter, you’re not up to the fight
Keeping my head down ’cause they don’t know what I know now

As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I’m better without you

Now look around and remember your friends if you can
Feeding the flames till there’s no one to blame it’s on your hands
Lost in your lies, pay the price with our lives, you’ve gone mad
And there’s no way out ’cause we all know you’re hollow

As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I’m better without you

Not enough, not enough
Not enough to throw it all away
We’d still be falling
We’re fallen
Turn it up, turn it up
Never gonna shut me up again
Your time is over
It’s over now

As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I’m, I’m better without you

I’m the widow
On the tip-tippy-toppy of the highest high of low
And I’m the shadow
Of the first little flower on the brightest patch of snow

Happiness can be hard to find
I’m so slap silly happy
Everybody wants to take mine

Yeah, right
That sounds nice
Everything we ever wanted and more
Someday we’ll get paid
More than it was worth to sell our souls
Yeah, yeah, right

Yeah, I’m a rock star
I’m a queen resurrected, just as messed up as before
Twist the knife hard
Just makes it easier to tell you I don’t need you anymore (Oh)

Life’s a game till you lose, then what?
I’m reaching a new level of not giving a fuck

Yeah, right
That sounds nice
Everything we ever wanted and more
Someday we’ll get paid
More than it was worth to sell our souls

Tell me, how is the real world treating you?
Is that my fault too?
My one mistake was giving more and more and more
More and more and more

Hey, yeah
Yeah, right
Baby, that sounds nice (That sounds nice)
Everything you ever wanted and more
Someday (I can’t wait for that day)
We’ll get paid
More than it was worth to sell our souls, sell our souls

Yeah, right
That sounds nice
More than it was worth to sell our souls

Had enough, I’ve really
Had enough
Had enough of denial
I’m not alright, but I’m not gonna lie
I don’t know that I ever was

All alone, I’ve waited
All alone
Held it in as I played by your rules
I’ve been biting my lip, but I’m losing my grip
I’m coming down, down, down

When all the hate burns off, I’m left here with the pain
Behind our vain devices are we all the same

Change me into something I believe in
Change me so I don’t have to pretend

Take a breath and try to play along but
I’m a terrible liar
I feel the world like a brick on my chest
And the party’s just begun
Throw the rope, I’m wading
Through the mud
From your mouth flow a thousand truths
But you know, there’s only one

When all the hate burns off, I’m left here with the pain

Change me into something I believe in
Change me so I don’t have to pretend
Sweet words, they mean nothing, they’re not true
‘Cause the game is over

I want it all or I want nothing at all
Maybe I can

Change me into something I believe in
Change me so I don’t have to pretend
Your sweet words they mean nothing, save your breath
The game is over

There is no way back this time
What is real and what is mine
Oh, survival hurts
Lose myself or lose my mind
Every time I close my eyes
Oh, survival hurts
But I keep breathing in (I’m alive)

I’m not fine
I don’t know if I will be alright
But I have to try
I know you’re with me
So what if we do fall apart
Give into all that we are
And let all the broken pieces shine

Shuttered inside, looking out
Everything’s turned upside down
Oh, we’re not the first
How can we ever be us
Wondering who we can trust
Oh survival hurts
But I’m not giving in (I’m alive)

I’m not fine
I don’t know if I will be alright
But I have to try
I know you’re with me
So what if we do fall apart
Give into all that we are
Let all the broken pieces come alive
I don’t know if I will ever be alright
But I have to try
And I know you’re with me
So what if we do fall apart
Shamelessly be who we are
And let all the broken pieces shine

Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine

Underneath golden skies
You will always be there
In the mirror, in my eyes
You will always be there…

Where do we go now
That I
Have seen
The turn
Where do we go now
Find a way to go back
To go back home
To who we are…