I close my eyes, I hear your speak
You'd like a different kind of me
I try to breath, in comes critique
Watching closely for my spineless retreat
You build me up to break me down
Like a childish game of cat and mouse
I'll face my fears on common ground
It's my time to shine, I'll fight for right now
I got the whole world in front of me
I got my music to set me free
You can try hard to break my dreams,
I will go fighting on my knees
Turn up the lights, remember my name
I will be waiting on center stage
Give me tonight, I'm on my way
I will be waiting on Center Stage
I pray each day for a drop of your grace
As you point out every simple mistake
I'd walk away, but it's what you embrace
Dictator of what might await
You'd love to take everything that you've found
Manufacture how to look and to sound
I'll trust my fate in a world of your doubt
Watch me rise above, listen to me now
I've got the whole world in front of me
And I've got my music to set me free
You can try hard to break my dreams,
I will go fighting on my knees
Turn up the lights, remember my name
I will be waiting on center stage
Give me tonight, I'm on my way
I will be waiting on center stage, Oooh
I will be waiting on center stage