There’s a new princess power ballad in town and it’s Naomi Scott’s “Speechless.” This is the first song from the Aladdin soundtrack to get the music video treatment. “Speechless” was written by Alan Menken, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul. The song is a huge look at how they’ve updated Jasmine’s character for this movie.
Disclaimer: If you’re avoiding spoilers, tread carefully. There are scenes in here that have not been included in the other clips we have gotten before.
THE LYRICS
Here comes a wave meant to wash me away
A tide that is takin’ me under
Swallowing sand, left with nothing to say
My voice drowned out in the thunder
But I won’t cry
And I won’t start to crumble
Whenever they try
To shut me or cut me down
I won’t be silenced
You can’t keep me quiet
Won’t tremble and you try it
All I know is I won’t go speechless
Cause I’ll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don’t you underestimate me
Cause I know that I won’t go speechless
Written in stone every rule, every word
Centuries old and unbending
“Stay in your place, better seen and not heard”
Well, now that story is ending
Cause I
I cannot start to crumble
So come on and try
Try to shut me and cut me down
I won’t be silenced
You can’t keep me quiet
Won’t tremble and when you try it
All I know is I won’t go speechless
Speechless!
Let the storm in
I cannot be broken
No, I won’t live unspoken
‘Cause I know I that I won’t go speechless
Try to lock me in this cage
I won’t just lay me down and die
I will take these broken wings
And watch me burn across the sky
Here the echo saying
“I won’t be silenced”
Though you wanna see me
Tremble when you try it
All I know is I won’t go speechless
Speechless!
Cause I’ll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don’t you underestimate me
Cause I know that I won’t go speechless
All I know is I won’t go speechless
Speechless!
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