No Permission

Used to wait on your call like it meant everything

Heart in my hands, you played me like a game

Gave you all the best of me, what did you bring?

Now I’m done losing sleep over your name

Tears on my pillow turned into glitter

Took all my pain, made me the winner

You dimmed my light but I still glow

Now I’m walking out, yeah I let go

I don’t need no permission

To live like I’m on a mission

No more chains, no more lies

Watch me soar, I touch the sky

You had your chance, now I’m free

Love myself endlessly

I don’t need no permission

To be who I’m meant to be

Wore your words like perfume, but they wore off

Said I was too much — now I’m not enough?

I rebuilt my world from all the dust

Now look who’s shining without your love

Heartbreak turned into power

Bloomed in my quietest hour

You tried to write my ending

But I flipped the page, now I’m ascending

I don’t need no permission

To live like I’m on a mission

No more chains, no more lies

Watch me soar, I touch the sky

You had your chance, now I’m free

Love myself endlessly

I don’t need no permission

To be who I’m meant to be

Solo, but I’m not lonely

Peace of mind is my trophy

I cried, now I sparkle

Stronger in the silence, I’m marvel

I don’t need no permission

Wrote my own definition

No regrets, just a flame

Burning bright in my own name

You had your chance, now I’m free

I choose me — fearlessly

I don’t need no permission

To be who I’m meant to be