[Verse 1]
They said I’d fold
They said I’d break
Never thought I'd amount to anything through life
That's what they sold
That’s what they made
Little doubts like nails in the side of my spine
I wore their words
Like borrowed chains
Till I heard my own name under all that noise
I took the hits
I kept the flames
Now I know what it means to have a voice
[Pre-Chorus]
I was always more than their version
More than the damage they wrote
I let it sit in the dark too long
Now I’m cutting that rope
[Chorus]
I chose not to listen
I chose not to listen
I stand on my decision
I stand on my decision
They can point and whisper
I’m still moving on
I chose not to listen
And now I’m gone
[Verse 2]
I looked in the glass
Saw someone else
Not the kid they kept trying to erase
Hands on the wheel
Head on straight
Yeah, I learned to leave fear in its place
What they called lost
Was just delay
What they called weak was a seed in the dirt
Now every scar
Puts in the work
And every step says I’m proving my worth
[Pre-Chorus]
I was always more than their version
More than the damage they wrote
I let it sit in the dark too long
Now I’m cutting that rope
[Chorus]
I chose not to listen
I chose not to listen
I stand on my decision
I stand on my decision
They can point and whisper
I’m still moving on
I chose not to listen
And now I’m gone
[Bridge]
Let them talk
Let them shake
Let them count the ways I “should” have stayed
I built my name
Brick by brick
Out of every little thing they gave away
No more shame
No more chain
No more carrying the weight they made
I found my ground
I found my sound
I’m not the same
[Final Chorus]
I chose not to listen
I chose not to listen
I stand on my decision
I stand on my decision
They can point and whisper
I’m still moving on
I chose not to listen
And now I’m gone
I chose not to listen
(I chose not to listen)
I chose not to listen
(I chose not to listen)
I stand on my decision
I stand on my decision