[Intro - Crushing guitar riff, no piano, immediate full band] [Verse 1 - Rowan] Everybody's got an opinion Everybody's got a chain Everybody wants to tell you How to carry all your pain Keep your voice down Know your place Smile enough to save some face Funny how they call it love... When it feels like a cage. [Pre-Chorus - Eva joins] One more step... One more breath... One more "wait your turn." Not anymore. [Chorus - Rowan & Eva] I don't need permission To become who I was born to be Every locked door Was waiting on my own key Keep your blessing Keep your validation too I stopped asking yesterday... Today... I choose. [Instrumental - Guitar lead] [Verse 2 - Eva] Every "maybe" Every "someday" Every dream I put away Waiting for somebody else To tell me it was safe Turns out freedom Never knocks It kicks the whole damn door apart And dares you... To walk through first. [Pre-Chorus - Rowan] Who decides... What's too much? Who decides... Who you become? [Chorus - Full duet] I don't need permission To become who I was born to be Every locked door Was waiting on my own key Keep your blessing Keep your validation too I stopped asking yesterday... Today... I choose. [Bridge - Orchestra, half-time] [Rowan] Who said... I needed your permission? [Silence] [Eva] Nobody. [Breakdown - Heavy guitars] [Final Chorus - Biggest] I don't need permission I don't need another reason I don't need another voice Living in my head Every chain is breaking Every fear is fading This life is finally... Mine. [Outro - Choir, sustained guitars]
