Talk All You Want

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I ain’t dressed for your approval, ain’t got time for side-eye looks
Being judged by narrow minds who never read a page of my book
I’ve wept at midnight in parking lots, learned to stand up on my own
Been called a thousand ugly things, but “scared” was never one
They say, Slow it down, girl, keep your head below the line
But I didn’t crawl through hell to live somebody else’s life
I’m a high-fashion wreck, a beautiful disaster
With a heavy-metal backbone and a life I finally mastered

So let ’em whisper, let ’em wonder, let ’em try to bring the rain
I found the rhythm in the static, found the mercy in the pain
I don’t need a witness, I don’t need your light
I’m my own damn fire in the middle of the night

Talk all you want, I’m still breathing
Still dancing when the neon’s bleeding out
Write my name in rumors, bury me in lies
I’m staring at the sun through these bloodshot eyes
Don’t need a crowd to love me, don’t need permission to be strong
Yeah, talk all you want, I’m already gone

I made friends with the mirror, even on my darkest days
The truth don’t need a lawyer when you’re walking in your ways
I’ve loved wrong, stayed long, burned the bridges I don’t miss
I earned every jagged scar and I’m proud of every stitch
I’m a neon-lighted tragedy, a Sunday morning ghost
But the version of me now is the one I love the most

Point your dirty fingers, tell me who I oughta be
But the only voice I’m hearing is the one that sounds like me
Steady in my boots and heavy in my soul
Reclaiming every piece of me they couldn’t hold

I’ve been broken, I’ve been blamed But I rise up just the same
If freedom costs your blessing, yeah, I’ll pay that price in full
‘Cause a woman with a vision is a force you can’t control

So talk all you want
I’m still breathing Still standing in my own damn skin
I didn’t come for silence, I came to live loud and honest
I don’t need your mercy and I don’t need to fit in
I don’t need a crown to rule me, don’t need saving in a song
You can talk all you want, I’m gonna live my life and move on

Yeah, keep talking. Your words don’t pay my bills. I’m moving on