I've had enough of your acting like you own me   You call this love   But it's just your way of trying to control me   I know my rights   I learned them in school   And I won't live my life by your rules      This is a declaration of my independence from you   You pushed me over the edge   And my pledge and allegiance is through   I'm on permanent vacation   From this nowhere situation   This is a declaration of my independence from you      You shut me out when I offer my opinions   You put me down   You say I'm too emotional to make good decisions   I just can't breath there's no room to grow   I'm strong enough to stand on my own      This is a declaration of my independence from you...      For a while my heart was really broken   But that was before   For a while I left these words unspoken   But not anymore      This is my emancipation   From this nowhere situation   Declaration of my independence   Got my independence   Gotta get out   Got my independence from you   I've got to get my independence from you   I am free, I am free, I am free, I am free today   My lord knows I am free   Declaration of my independence   This is... it's a declaration