See, here's the thing.
I'm 23. I'm not happy with who I am. A few weeks ago, I filled the front and back of a piece of notebook paper with paragraphs about things I don't like about myself. And I decided to take that piece of paper out back and burn it. I burned it because I don't have to have those things about myself control who I am. And once upon a time, I let everyone control who I am. And I was miserable. I want to live my life, my way. And if you can't accept that, then you should go..because I'm not going to let anyone hold me back.
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
I'm through accepting limits
''cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down:
(sung) Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been
Glinda -
Dreams, the way we planned 'em
If we work in tandem:
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity
They'll never bring us down!
(spoken) Well? Are you coming?
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy, my friend:
So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!
I know I don't get it right all the time. And I know you don't like this, don't like me. But you know what? I don't even care anymore. The people who truly care are actually proud of who I'm becoming and love me, regardless of how it makes them feel to deal with the difficult road to get to where I want to be.
And that, my friends, is true love. The kind I've been looking for my whole life. I thought I knew what it looked like, but I was wrong. And that's okay, because, really, it's been there all along.