Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She wakes up every morning
To the same four walls
Puts on the same old smile
And waits for the same phone call
She knows what everybody wants
She knows what she should say
She learned how to disappear
Without ever walking away
She laughs when she's supposed to
She cries where no one sees
She's living somebody else's life
Like it's some kind of disease
[Pre-Chorus]
Then one night she caught herself
Staring in the mirror
And whispered to the woman there:
"I don't even know you anymore."
[Chorus]
I'm a dead girl walking
But I ain't dead yet
I've been breathing in the darkness
Trying not to forget
Who I was
Who I am
Who I'm gonna be
Who I was
Who I am
Who I'm gonna be
I'm a dead girl walking
But tonight I'm breaking free
Let the old me hit the ground
Let the silence hear the sound
I'm still here
I'm still breathing
This dead girl
Is finally leaving
[Verse 2]
She packed one little suitcase
Didn't take what wasn't hers
Left the keys beside the doorway
And every one of their words
"You're nothing without us"
"You're never gonna make it"
"Nobody's gonna want you"
"You're too scared to ever change it"
She stood there in the hallway
With her hand around the door
Then she smiled for the first time
Because she didn't believe them anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
She didn't need permission
She didn't need goodbye
She just needed one damn reason
To finally choose her life
[Chorus]
I'm a dead girl walking
But I ain't dead yet
I've been breathing in the darkness
Trying not to forget
Who I was
Who I am
Who I'm gonna be
I'm a dead girl walking
But tonight I'm breaking free
Let the old me hit the ground
Let the silence hear the sound
I'm still here
I'm still breathing
This dead girl
Is finally leaving
[Bridge]
I thought I needed saving
I thought somebody else
Had to pull me from the wreckage
Had to teach me how to live
But nobody was coming.
So I came for me.
[Breakdown]
Dead girl!
Wake up!
Stand up!
Get out!
No more hiding!
No more doubt!
You thought I was gone!
You thought I was done!
Look at me now!
I'M ALIVE!
[Final Chorus]
I'm a dead girl walking
But I ain't dead yet
You can bury every memory
But you can't bury this breath
Who I was
Who I am
Who I'm gonna be
I'm a dead girl walking
And tonight I chose me
Let the old me hit the ground
Let the whole damn world hear the sound
I'm still here
I'm still breathing
That dead girl...
Is finally leaving.
[Outro]
She walks into the morning.
No map.
No plan.
Just alive.