You never owned me

You built your walls around my mind Told me I had nowhere left to go Convinced me that the ones I loved Had already let me go Every night I cried alone Pretending I was where I chose to be You had the key, you locked the door And told me that was love to me But I heard their voices through your silence They never stopped, they never walked away And slowly I remembered I had something you could never take You never owned me Every choice you stole, I'm taking back You built your throne on broken trust I'm done carrying what was never mine I was never alone You made me small so you stood tall You took what wasn't yours to take Not just my voice, not just my trust Things that cannot be erased But I made the call, I found the words My hands were shaking, still I spoke And everything you built on fear Collapsed the moment that I woke And they were there, my people, waiting Outside the walls you built around my world Friends I thought were gone forever Were standing there when I walked out the door You never owned me Every choice you stole, I'm taking back You built your throne on broken trust I'm done carrying what was never mine I was never alone You told me no one saw me You told me no one cared But they were there the whole damn time And you knew it, that's why you were scared You never owned me Every choice you stole, I'm taking back You built your throne on broken trust I'm done carrying what was never mine I was never, never alone