Emotional Hostage

I was a little girl singing in the rain,
Twirling my umbrella down the street,
Dancing barefoot through the beat.

Now I’m curled on the bathroom floor,
Begging God to let me die,
You’ve got me thinking you’d feel freer
If I finally said goodbye.-------

Pre-Chorus
This mind-fuckery, these head games,
Toying with my heart again—
Turning all the love I gave you
Into something you can use against me.
Chorus

You treat me like your emotional hostage,
Your puppet on a string.
Pull me close enough to keep me hoping,
Then punish me for feeling anything.
Breadcrumbs, begging, waiting by the phone,
Ghost me, block me, leave me there alone.
But I’m not your emotional hostage.
I cut the strings tonight.

Singing in the rain,
Singing through the pain,
Singing gives me wings,
Singing sets me free.
Verse 2
We danced together in the kitchen,
Sang into that wooden mop.
We stood and sang in church together—
You knew my music never stopped.

Now you scroll for hours,
But a call to me is asking too much.
Another birthday lost to silence,
Another holiday erased.
Then handed me the loneliness
As though your cruelty were my guilt.
Chorus
You treat me like your emotional hostage,
Your puppet on a string.
Leave me crumbs and call it kindness,
Then punish me for noticing.
You call your cruelty boundaries,
Call my heartbreak something sick.
You flip the truth until my reaction
Is the only wrong you’ll admit.
But I’m not your emotional hostage.
I cut the strings tonight.
Singing in the rain,
Singing through the pain,
Singing gives me wings,
Singing sets me free.
Bridge
You told me, “Stop the music.
Stop singing all your pain.”
My music held the mirror
You were never willing to face.
You don’t get to silence what restored me
Just to hide your part in my pain.
Final Chorus
I’m not your emotional hostage.
I cut the strings tonight.
You cannot starve me into silence
Or decide if I survive.—
And I’m taking back my voice-------
Singing in the rain,
Singing through the pain,
Singing gives me wings,
Singing sets me free.
Singing in the rain,
Singing through the pain—
You can’t stop the music.
im going to keep Singing in the rain,