I Will Be Heard

Album: Perseverance (2002)
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  • Now is the time for me to rise to my feet
    Wipe your spit from my face
    Wipe these tears from my eyes [Repeat: x2]

    (Now is the time)
    I've got to take my life back
    One chance to make it right
    I've gotta have my voice be heard
    And bring meaning to this life
    Cause I've trusted for nothing
    I've been led astray
    I've been tried and tested
    But I won't accept defeat
    Now I've done things I regret
    And its time to reverse the rules
    I just want to make good on all the promises that I have made

    I will be
    I will be heard
    I will be heard

    Now is the time

    Through the worst we prevail
    So our voices will be heard
    Through the worst we prevail
    So our voices will be heard

    Now is the time [Repeat: x2]

    I've got to take my life back

    I will be
    I will be heard
    I will be heard [Repeat: x2] Writer/s: JAMES SHANAHAN
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Mir from EuropeRecently discovered this song, right in a s--tty moment in my life. The lyrics, wauw! And straight on good heavy music. It felt so empowering, so much more helpfull then anything else. From now, on this song is my mantra :D
  • Dean from ConnecticutWhat, no comments on this incredible, self-empowering song? Can't believe I'm the first one. If there ever was a song written to make a person feel good about and believe in themselves, this is the best. Cannot say enough about how good it makes me.feel. Hope there are others out there too who feel the hair stand up on their arms like I do whenever I hear it and realize the words being sung. Or screamed lol. Everyone should replay this song in their head whenever they feel falsely accused or marginalized.
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