Hello Hive Open Mic!!!
It's another amazing week with a great theme and I'm here with an entry that I think fits in perfectly. I really should find a way to put in my entry early enough henceforth, I'm always posting late because I want to learn the lyrics of the songs better before presenting it.
The song I selected for this week isn't a new one to me though but it's been long I last sang it so I had to do some relearning on it again.
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Speechless is a song from the movie "Aladdin" if you might have already been familiar with it, the original is sang by "Naomi Scott" who happens to be the lead character in the movie. And I don't mean the animated version of "Aladdin" by the way.
A part of the movie is about a princess who tries to speak her mind, talk about her plans for the kingdom to her father, the King but is being shunned by her wicked and powerful uncle who thinks the kingdom discussions should be done by men and not a female.
I see oppression, discrimination and power abuse in this part of the story and her song fit right in so I decided to sing a cover of it for the theme "Fight Oppression" chosen by our own @indonesiabersatu for this week and I hope you do enjoy my cover, I welcome any corrections for improvement.
Song Lyrics
Here comes a wave
Meant to wash me away
A tide that is taking me under
Swallowing sand
Left with nothing to say
My voice drowned out in the thunder
But I won't cry
And I won't start to crumble
Whenever they try
To shut me or cut me down
I won't be silenced
You can't keep me quiet
Won't tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
'Cause I'll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don't you underestimate me
'Cause I know that I won't go speechless
Written in stone
Every rule, every word
Centuries-old and unbending
"Stay in your place"
"Better seen and not heard"
Well, now that story is ending
'Cause I
I cannot start to crumble
So come on and try
Try to shut me and cut me down
I won't be silenced
You can't keep me quiet
Won't tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless
Let the storm in
I cannot be broken
No, I won't live unspoken
'Cause I know that I won't go speechless
Try to lock me in this cage
I won't just lay me down and die
I will take these broken wings
And watch me burn across the sky
Hear the echo saying I...
Won't be silenced
Though you wanna see me tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless
'Cause I'll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don't you underestimate me
'Cause I know that I won't go speechless
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless
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