[Intro] (Almost complete silence. Slow breathing. A single heartbeat.) I learned to speak... Without words. I learned to listen... Without sound. Every movement tells a story. Every breath gives you away. I can read the language of violence. Because it was the first language I knew. [Verse 1] Raised beneath the shadow of a killer's hand, I learned the art of fighting before I could understand. No childhood. No laughter. No place to call home. Just blood on the floor and the sound of bones. They taught me that violence was the only way to speak. So I became the weapon they wanted me to be. But then I saw something I had never seen before. Someone who could fight... And still choose mercy. [Pre-Chorus] I watched the Bat. I watched him fight. He could have destroyed them. But he chose not to. And for the first time... I wanted to understand why. [Chorus] I DON'T NEED WORDS! I DON'T NEED A VOICE! I CAN READ THE MOVEMENT BEFORE YOU MAKE THE CHOICE! I SEE THE FEAR! I SEE THE PAIN! I SEE THE PERSON BEHIND THE FIST BEFORE THE FIST IS RAISED! YOU TAUGHT ME VIOLENCE! THE BAT TAUGHT ME MERCY! NOW I'LL DECIDE WHO I WANT TO BE! [Verse 2] I walked through Gotham like a ghost in the rain. Every fighter had a rhythm. Every body had a name. A shoulder turns. A heartbeat changes. A foot shifts back. And I already know where the attack is going. You cannot hide behind a mask from me. Because I don't see the mask. I see you. But the hardest person for me to understand... Was myself. [Pre-Chorus] Am I a weapon? Am I a daughter? Am I the monster they wanted me to become? Or am I something else? Something better? [Chorus] I DON'T NEED WORDS! I DON'T NEED A VOICE! I CAN READ THE MOVEMENT BEFORE YOU MAKE THE CHOICE! I SEE THE FEAR! I SEE THE PAIN! I SEE THE PERSON BEHIND THE FIST BEFORE THE FIST IS RAISED! YOU TAUGHT ME VIOLENCE! THE BAT TAUGHT ME MERCY! NOW I'LL DECIDE WHO I WANT TO BE! [Bridge] (Music almost completely disappears.) I was told that killing was survival. I was told that fear was strength. I was told that I was born to be a weapon. But... Weapons don't choose. People do. (Soft breath.) I choose. [Build] (Heartbeat becomes drums.) I choose to protect. I choose to fight. I choose to live. I choose... to be Cassandra. [Breakdown] I AM NOT A WEAPON! I AM NOT A MONSTER! I AM NOT THE BLOOD THAT MADE ME! I AM NOT THE HAND THAT TAUGHT ME TO KILL! I AM CASSANDRA! AND I CHOOSE TO LIVE! [Final Chorus] I DON'T NEED WORDS! NOW YOU UNDERSTAND! EVERY MOVEMENT! EVERY BREATH! EVERY HEARTBEAT IN MY HAND! I SEE THE DARK! I SEE THE LIGHT! AND I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WRONG AND RIGHT! I WAS BORN IN VIOLENCE! BUT VIOLENCE DOESN'T OWN ME! I FOUND A FAMILY! I FOUND WHO I COULD BE! I DON'T NEED A VOICE TO MAKE MYSELF HEARD! MY ACTIONS SAY EVERYTHING! I AM CASSANDRA CAIN! AND I WILL NOT BE THE WEAPON THEY MADE ME! [Outro] (Slow piano. Rain.) You don't have to say anything. I understand. (Quietly) ...I'm home.
