You never take
Take the time to really look
Look at the one
The one I really am

"Sharpay, change into appropriate clothes. You cannot wear tracksuit pants and an oversized t-shirt to the movies"

You try to fit
To fit me in a perfect box
You let me slip between the cracks

"Sharpay!" she screams at me, once again, "Get down here now! It's time for Drama tutoring!"

"Yes mother", I yell at her as I walk down the stairs.

Now I've faded
Into someone else
Made me someone I don't wanna be
Yeah I'm faded
My true colour's gone
Like a picture nobody sees

I'm no longer the track star I used to be, instead I'm the Ice Princess. An up myself, stuck up, Ice Princess.

I'll bet you don't
Don't even know my favourite song
You tell me how
How I should wear my hair

"Sharpay, why is your hair still wet from your shower?" she asks me, "I told you, after you've had your shower always dry your hair"

I roll my eyes and mutter, "Yes mother dearest"

You wanna change
Everything I ever was
Try to erase me
Till I'm not there

"Where's all my track trophies? And my running shoes?" I ask, "Mother where are they?"

"In the trash honey", she tells me as I start to cry, "Sharpay, it's for your own good".

Now I've faded
Into someone else
Made me someone I don't wanna be
Yeah I'm faded
My true colour's gone
Like a picture nobody sees

I've lost everyone because of the way she changed me. They all hate me.

Now I've faded
Like I never was
Till I don't even know myself
Yeah I'm faded
Into what you want
But I'm not takin' it too well

"You're nothing but a stuck up Ice Princess", Jake yells from down the corridor, "I can't believe I ever fell for you!"

I don't wanna be your little picture perfect pretty girl
Who's got nothing to say
I'm not gonna wait around
Let you run my whole life down
So you can watch me fade away

I run into my room, full of rampage and anger. I pick up all the photo's of me in my drama performances and throw them on the ground. Crying, I come to the photo of me and my track friends, wishing I could be back with them.

(Faded, Faded)
You try to fit
Fit me in your perfect box

Faded, that's all I am.

(Faded, Faded)
You try to fit
Fit me in your perfect box

Faded, that's all I've become.

You try to fit
Fit me in a perfect box
You let me slip between the cracks

I hate it. I hate the person she's made me become. I hate her.

Now I've faded
Into someone else
Made me someone I don't wanna be
Yeah I'm faded
My true colour's gone
Like a picture nobody sees

I hate her. I hate her. I hate her!

Now I've faded
Like I never was
Till I don't even know myself
Yeah I'm faded
Into what you want
But I'm not takin' it too well

But most of all, I hate myself. I hate myself for changing, for fading into the person she wanted me to be.

I Faded
(Faded, hated, slippin' away as I disappear in the dark)
I Faded
(Faded, hated, so far away from who I was at the start)

Even though I faded into a snobby Ice Princess, I'm always going to be a warm hearted girl who was well known for her track, deep down in the bottom of my heart.

Faded, hated, slippin' away as I disappear in the dark
Faded, hated, so far away from who I was at the start

I smile. I'm going to fade. Fade back into the track star I loved to be. I'm going to fade back into me.