Variations on the Class-6

by jolly roger brat

If there's one thing Sofia and her friends and family love, it's singing! They even like new people singing old favorites. I own none of the songs; they belong to their original artists.

22. Cleo won't be struck speechless

If Sofia can sing this song from Aladdin as she thinks of all the times she was faced with a challenge, let's see what Cleo can do with it as she learns to stand up for herself and make her own choices! I thought it would be fun if, as one of the songs she sings for her audition in Sidekick Cleo, she sings this as she recalls the times she always had to do what Hildegard had to do, and as she remembers Sofia's words of wisdom about doing her own thing. She Aladdin is not mine.

Cleo: Here comes a wave
Meant to wash me away
A tide that is taking 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

(as she sings to herself the first time) I won't be silenced
You can't keep me quiet
Won't tremble when 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

(when she wears one of her hats to school) Written in stone
Every rule, every word
Centuries old and unbending
Stay in your place
Better seen and not heard
But now that story is ending

(when she shows up in her audition outfit the next day) 'Cause I
I cannot start to crumble
So come on and try
Try to shut me and cut me down

(as she stands up to Hildegard) I won't be silenced
You can't keep me quiet
Won't tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless

(as she prepares for her audition following her fight with Hildegard) Let the storm in
I cannot be broken
No, I won't live unspoken
'Cause I know that I won't go speechless

(when she learns that she gets the lead) 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
Hear the echoes saying I

(as she makes her stage debut) Won't be silenced
Though you want to see me tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless

(as she reconciles with Hildegard) '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