Do you see me?
Do you care?
You talk about me
Like I'm not there.
Don't get a word in
When you're around.
I bet you don't know
What I'm about.

'Cause I will, I will speak for myself.
What you see isn't all I am.
I need a place to stand.
I will, I will speak for myself.
There's so much you're missing,
If you cared you'd listen.

You suffocate me,
You drown me out.
I'm tired of waiting,
Without a doubt.
I feel I'm fading,
I flicker out.
My heart is screaming,
Without a sound, yeah.

'Cause I will, I will speak for myself.
What you see isn't all I am.
I need a place to stand.
I will, I will speak for myself.
There's so much you're missing,
If you cared you'd listen.

I'm not sorry for who I am,
Take it or leave it.
It's my time to take a stand,
Throw it or keep it.
Know that, don't need to understand,
Won't say it again.

(I will, I will, I will, you know I will.)

'Cause I will, I will speak for myself.
What you see isn't all I am.
I need a place to stand.
I will, you know I will.
I will speak for myself.
There's so much you're missing,
If you cared you'd listen.
If you cared you'd listen.
I will, I will speak for myself.