The Girl on the Sidelines

I'm Breaking Free

Faded jeans and off-shoulder shirts

Ear-phones plug and singing along

I'm just another girl 

Who blends in with the crowd.

But people see me differently

Far from the girl I know myself to be

I seem to wear a thousand masks

And if I take it off, they might not recognize me.

They judge me by the cover

And pretend to read the pages.

They overlook who I really am

And try to rewrite my fate.

Caged in wrong impressions

Binded by their assumptions

Chained in their descriptions

I'm not the girl they presume to be.

Shattered mirrors and faded memories

They were gone and was never me

All of them were just images

How people wanted me to be.

I won't let them mess with this girl

I'm tired of the masquerading

Gonna let the world know who I am

I won't let them control me.

Taking off the innocent smiles

And obeying eyes

I won't let them think I'm another puppet 

They can play with and control.

I can't be broken, I'm stronger than they think

I'm braver than it seems and I know I've got dreams

I'll follow my heart and not their minds

I'm not gonna let them take over me.

I'm not another girl 

I'm different from the rest of them

I'm gonna show you

I can do better than what you think I can.

Caged in wrong perceptions

Binded by their expectations

I'll prove to them that they are wrong

I have an identity that I own.

Ripping of the photographs they think I am

Burning the designs of how they want me to be

I'm not a barbie doll

They can redress anytime they want.

Taking off the masks they wanted me to wear

Wash away the colors they tried to color me with

Breaking from the chains of their images of me

I'm done with the masquerading.

I'm breaking free from everything

Letting go of the masquerading

I'll show them my reflection

Show them who I really am.

No more shattered mirrors and faded memories

The girl they assumed I was is gone

Standing here is the girl I really am

Accept that 'cause I won't change for you.

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For many years I lived trying to please other people and try to create a different side of me that they believe to be the perfect one. But I realized that it would never work out. Nobody has the right to recreate me or bind me to the norms they think is right. So to the people who thought it was a mistake for me to show to the world who I really am, I'm gonna prove to you I'm better than what you think of me.

And to those who'd been through the same, don't let the people around you to mess with who you really are. Ifyou're bad then be bad, if you're good thenbe good. There's no point pretending, you'l just hurt yourself. Trust me, I know.