the quiet one in the corner

You ask if I love you
And I try to prove it
You ask me to pick what I want
And I try to choose it
You put me through everything
And I go through it
But you—you asked for my silence
And I cannot do it

I cannot be the quiet one in the corner
I cannot be a good listener right now
Somehow this identity
Has grown much too small for me
And I want my moment now

And I ask when
And you ask how
And I say I don't know and I don't care
I'll get there somehow
I'm not thinking anymore of the future
I'm not living in the past
I'm going through changes
I don't know if this will last

But I cannot be the quiet one in the corner
I cannot be afraid to be too loud
I cannot be waiting for the right time
I want my moment now

Something changed
Something went too far
The balance shifts
And I see how we are
And I want my moment—I want my moment now

And everyday I will ask for it
If that counts as a plan
Then I guess my mind is made up
And I guess that's who I am
You can't silence me with blackmail
Everybody knows what I've done
And every day I'll go where I'm going
But today I've just begun

I cannot be the quiet one in the corner
I cannot hold the silence of a vow
I cannot be a good girl in her right mind
I want my moment now

I cannot be the quiet one in the corner
I cannot be a good listener right now
Somehow this identity
Has grown much too small for me
And I want my moment now

I want my moment now