This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna give it up
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna watch it crumble down
I’m not gonna watch when you destroy everything that means something to me
I won’t sit still, I won’t be silent while you’re stabbing my heart,
Not any more, not ever again will I give after for you,
No, I will fight, I will scream, I will win this battle no matter what
I won’t lose to you, I won’t let you defeat me once more,
No, never again will you rule my life ‘cause
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna give it up
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna watch it crumble down

I’ve been weak, I’ve been shy, not daring to gainsay you,
I’ve always done what I was told, never refused you anything,
Afraid of what would happen,
afraid that your anger might strike me like a thunderbolt from above,
Hitting me and nailing me to the ground,
Chaining me beyond time and space and never letting go of me
But now I’ve realized that you’re not capable of that,
You’re not capable of cutting my wings and sealing me away in a cage
Your chains are just illusions sung with evil and your scissors are made of paper,
All this time I’ve been free but I was blinded and tricked by your song and paper scissors
But not any more, I’ve seen through you and your tricks and I will never fall for them again
‘cause I know nothing can keep me in chains since

This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna give it up
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna watch it crumble down
I’m not gonna sit still, I’m not gonna be silent while you’re stabbing my heart,
Not any more, not ever again will I give after for you,
No, I will fight, I will scream, I will win this battle no matter what
I won’t lose to you, I won’t let you defeat me once more,
No, never again will you rule my life ‘cause
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna give it up
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna watch it crumble down

I’ve already been in the darkness and not been able to find the switch
And I won’t go back again, I won’t let you extinguish my light, the hope I’ve gotten
‘cause I’m stronger than before, I’ve risen from the dead and now I’m flying high,
Feeling the wind tousling my hair and caressing my cheek
I’m soaring to even greater heights than ever before
But I can’t achieve freedom until I’ve let go of the past and overcome my fear of falling
But I know I can break free and fly through the sky ‘cause

This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna give it up
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna watch it crumble down
I won’t sit still, I won’t be silent while you’re stabbing my heart,
Not any more, not ever again will I give after for you,
No, I will fight, I will scream, I will win this battle no matter what
I won’t lose to you, I won’t let you defeat me once more,
No, never again will you rule my life ‘cause
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna give it up
This is my place, this is my life and I ain’t gonna watch it crumble down