Intro Songtext
I've lived so many different lives
They felt like one but outside
People had different ideas for me
They had different ideas
Will you have this dance I said
To myself and I lead
I've never needed other eyes to see
Other eyes to see
They felt like one but outside
People had different ideas for me
They had different ideas
Will you have this dance I said
To myself and I lead
I've never needed other eyes to see
Other eyes to see
What's in a name, I'm like the rose
I'll smell as sweet whether you know
Who I am or what to call me
Companies and agents turned me
Into characters I've learned
Like a rose you can discern, it's quality
I'm Viola, it's nice to meet you
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
At nineteen my bio said
I was from a town I never met
It listed things I'd done, I'd never do
I'd never do
My health a liability
My truth could ruin companies
Men would lose their wives I never knew
I never knew
I know your name, a rose he set
On a table where she sits
She's been around the world
She's seen this view
This was that kind of character
He know her old name but not her
Like the rose he picked she'd die too soon
Now I'm Viola, it's nice to see you
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
The birds fly and the music swells
The medicine that they sell
Has been poisoning
They're poisoning the well
I'm Viola and you can't keep her
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
I'll smell as sweet whether you know
Who I am or what to call me
Companies and agents turned me
Into characters I've learned
Like a rose you can discern, it's quality
I'm Viola, it's nice to meet you
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
At nineteen my bio said
I was from a town I never met
It listed things I'd done, I'd never do
I'd never do
My health a liability
My truth could ruin companies
Men would lose their wives I never knew
I never knew
I know your name, a rose he set
On a table where she sits
She's been around the world
She's seen this view
This was that kind of character
He know her old name but not her
Like the rose he picked she'd die too soon
Now I'm Viola, it's nice to see you
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
The birds fly and the music swells
The medicine that they sell
Has been poisoning
They're poisoning the well
I'm Viola and you can't keep her
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
I'm Viola, I'm gonna be free
