Let It Go (Idina Menzel cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Mitsugan 

Cover art for Let It Go (Idina Menzel cover) lyrics by Demi Lovato

So let's begin.

"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight Not a footprint to be seen, A kingdom of icealtion And it looks like I'm the queen, The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried"

She wants to escape reality, into her own world, where she can be the boss of herself. But her emotions carry over.

"Don't let them in, don't let them see Be the good girl you always have to be, Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know, Well now they know"

She was always taught to suppress her emotions, and so, suffered a life with bottled up emotions. But they didn't do her any good. Because her bottles leaked. But in that, she learned that her emotions could be let free.

"Let it go, Let it go Cant hold it back anymore Let it go, Let it go Turn my back and slam the door And here I stand, and here I'll stay Let it go, Let it go The cold never bothered me anyway"

She is fine with letting go of her emotions, because they've always wanted to be free. She doesn't care if people don't accept her for who she is. Because she was always taught to blend in, but that isn't the kind of person she is. She's fine being by herself, because at least then, she can let her emotions run amok.

"It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small, And the fears that once controlled me, can't get to me at all Up here in the cold-thin air, I finally can breathe I know I left a life behind, but I'm to relieved to grieve"

Once she distanced herself from the situation that was her life, she is in control of her own life. She doesn't have to listen to anybody else. She doesn't have to be anybody else. She doesn't have to fit in anymore. She can be herself, but that would mean leaving her old life behind, the one that caused her so much anguish, but she's fine with that.

"Standing, Frozen In the life of chosen, You won't find me, The past is all behind me Buried in the storm"

She is able to stand tall in a world that doesn't accept her. But it doesn't affect her. Because nobody has the power to have control over you and what you feel and fear, unless you give it to them. And that power is hers and belongs to nobody else.

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