Clipped wings, I was a broken thing. 
Had a voice, had a voice but I could not sing. 
You would wind me down, 
I [bad word] on the ground. 

So lost, the line had been crossed. 
Had a voice, had a voice but I could not talk. 
You held me down, 
I [bad word] to fly now. 

But there's a scream inside that we all try to hide. 
We hold on so tight, we cannot deny. 
Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive. 
Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide. 
We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no. 
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die. 

I'm not gon' care if I sing off key, 
I find myself in my melodies. 
I sing for love, I sing for me, 
I shout it out like a bird set free. 
No I don't care if I sing off key, 
I find myself in my melodies, 
I sing for love, I sing for me, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free. 

Now I fly, hit the high notes 
I have a voice, have a voice, hear me roar tonight 
You held me down 
But I fought back loud 

But there's a scream inside that we all try to hide. 
We hold on so tight, we cannot deny. 
Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive. 
Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide. 
We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no. 
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die. 

I'm not gon' care if I sing off key, 
I find myself in my melodies. 
I sing for love, I sing for me, 
I shout it out like a bird set free. 
No I don't care if I sing off key, 
I find myself in my melodies. 
I sing for love, I sing for me, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free, 
I'll shout it out like a bird set free.