[Intro] [Soft piano, fragile female vocal] I thought I needed someone… Someone to hold my hand. I thought I couldn’t make it Without a man to understand. I was scared of being lonely, Scared of standing on my own. I kept waiting for a hero… Never seeing I’d grown. [Verse 1] I made myself smaller just to keep the peace, Swallowed my words, begged for sweet release. I thought I needed saving, thought I needed you, Forgot about the things that I was capable to do. I waited for a hand to pull me from the rain, Someone to fix the pieces, take away the pain. But lying there in silence, with nobody around, I heard a little voice inside me making a sound. [Pre-Chorus] What if I don’t need you? What if I can stand? What if all the power Has been in my own hands? I feel something rising, I can feel it in my soul… I’m done with asking permission. I’m taking back control! [Chorus] I CAN BE MY OWN FUCKING HERO! I DON’T NEED A MAN TO HELP ME GROW! I DON’T NEED YOUR FUCKING HAND TO SURVIVE, I’M FINDING MY FIRE, I’M FEELING ALIVE! I CAN RULE MY KINGDOM, PROTECT MY OWN HOME, I’M STRONGER THAN I EVER FUCKING KNOW! I DON’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO EXIST, I’M TAKING MY LIFE BACK — GET USED TO THIS! [Verse 2] Now I take myself out, go wherever I please, Pay for my own dinner, do what the fuck I need. I can open my own doors, I can walk my own way, I don’t need a man’s approval at the end of the day. I can make my own choices, I can stand on my feet, I don’t need somebody else to make my life complete. I can love someone beside me, but I’ll never disappear, I can want somebody’s love without living in their fear. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t have to prove it, I don’t need their applause. I am done with living By somebody else’s laws! That little voice is screaming, Now the whole world knows… The woman they thought was broken Is the woman who arose! [Chorus] I’M MY OWN FUCKING HERO! I DON’T NEED A MAN TO HELP ME GROW! I DON’T NEED YOUR FUCKING HAND TO SURVIVE, I’M A BADASS BITCH AND I’M FEELING ALIVE! I RULE MY OWN KINGDOM, I GUARD MY OWN THRONE, I BUILT THIS FUCKING LIFE ON MY OWN! I DON’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO EXIST, I’M A WHOLE FUCKING WOMAN — GET USED TO THIS! [Rap] Yeah, I used to think I needed somebody to save me, Thought being on my own would break me, enslave me. Kept giving my power away for a little affection, Now I’m done with that shit, got a brand-new direction! Got my own money, got my own keys, Go where I want, do what the fuck I please. Take myself to dinner, buy my own damn clothes, And if I want to leave, then that’s the way it goes! No white horse, no cape, no knight in shining shit, I’m the fucking woman who refuses to quit! You can stand beside me, but you won’t define me, I know who the fuck I am — you can’t undermine me! I was that woman who was frightened to fall, Now I’m the woman who can face it all. I thought I was weak, thought I’d never be free, Till I stopped looking for a hero and found her in me! [Breakdown] [Music drops away; close, quiet voice] That frightened woman… The one who thought she couldn’t cope… She was never fucking helpless. She was learning how to hope. [Build] I’M STILL HERE! I’M STILL STANDING! I’M NOT WAITING! I’M NOT ASKING! DO YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU SEE? THE WOMAN I NEEDED… WAS ALWAYS ME! [Final Chorus] I’M MY OWN FUCKING HERO! LOOK AT ME NOW, I’M READY TO GO! I DON’T NEED YOUR FUCKING HELP TO SURVIVE, I FOUGHT MY WAY BACK AND I’M FEELING ALIVE! I RULE MY OWN KINGDOM, I GUARD MY OWN THRONE, I BUILT THIS FUCKING LIFE AND I CALL IT MY OWN! I DON’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION, YOUR RULES OR YOUR SHIT, I’M A WHOLE FUCKING WOMAN — AND I’M PROUD OF IT! I’M MY OWN FUCKING HERO! NO RED CAPE, NO RESCUE, NO FEAR! I’M MY OWN FUCKING HERO! AND I’M STILL FUCKING STANDING HERE! [Outro] [Piano returns, calm and steady] I thought I needed someone To show me I was strong. Turns out I had the power Inside me all along. I don’t need to be rescued. I don’t need to be owned. I can love… I can live… And I can stand alone. [Final whispered line] I’m my own fucking hero.
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