Taking Back My Voice

You can be amazing, turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you could start speaking up

Nothing's gonna hurt you the ways the words do when they settle in your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight, sometimes the shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say, and let the words fall out
Honestly, I wanna see you be brave
With what you wanna say and let the words fall out
Honestly, I wanna see you brave

Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down by the enemy
Falling for the feeling that you're disappearing- bow down to the mighty
Don't run and stop holding your tongue

Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live, maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me, How big your brave is!

And since your history of silence won't do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be everything but empty ,
Why don't you tell them the truth?
-Sara Bareilles

The meaning of this song really hit me one night as I lay crying in my room. I had try to do everything I could to help everyone else, and lost myself in the process. I withheld my own thoughts, feelings, opinions because I thought they would hurt, offend, or even push further the ones I was so desperately trying to help. However, I realised, I'm just as important and I deserve to be happy.
Me silencing myself caused me to enter a time of depression where I thought, "I have no voice. I'm alone," and what's worse, "I deserve it." The Bible says that we are more than conquerors. We don't have to settle for the lies of satan.
To borrow the line to another popular song, " I am a child of the One, True, King!" God loves me and has given me power. I will not allow anyone o anything to take my voice again. because "these are the voices, these are the lies and I have believed them for the very last time!" I don't care who or what it is, if they want to walk away or I lose it, regardless, "We'll be a shouting generation!" and "We won't be shaken!"
I apologize for the secular songs, but they have made me realize what I had forgotten.

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath, scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I'd sit quietly, agree politely
I guess that I fogot I had a choice, let you push me passed the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything.

You held me down, but I got up, already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice? You hear that sound? Like thunder, gonna shake the ground
You held me down but I got up, get ready cause I've had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire cause I am a champion
And you're gonna hear me roar!
Louder!   Louder than the lion cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar!!

Now I'm floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee that's earned my stripes
I went from zero to my own hero!

You held me down, but I got up, already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice? You hear that sound? Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down but I got up, get ready cause I've had enough
I  see it all, I see it now

I GOT THE EYE OF THE TIGER, A FIGHTER, DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE CAUSE I AM A CHAMPION AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR! LOUDER! LOUDER THAN THE LION CAUSE I AM A CHAMPION AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR!