If I Dare (from Battle of the Sexes)

If I dare to ask it, then I dare it to be true

If I dare to risk it, then I know that I'm willing to

If I dare to want this, to want more than I have

Then I dare to believe I'll have it in the end

You climbed the mountain, sent pictures of the view

And still can't believe when I started climbing, too

You haven't heard that I'm not afraid to fall

That I'm not deterred yet until I tell them all

I am holding out for more than what I have now

I'm holding out

I don't want your pity, I won't use your little scraps

I don't build my cities with what could get taken back

I don't need permission to rise up when it hurts

You don't have to listen, but you'll hear me

Mark my words

I am holding out for more than what I have now

I'm holding out

When the room gets dark, and I am quiet

There's a voice that's soft, like someone's silhouette

Saying, "Don't let me go yet"

I am holding out

I am holding out for more than what I have now

I'm holding out

If I dare to ask it, I dare it to be true

If I dare to risk it, I know that I'm willing to

If I dare to want this, to want more than I have

Then I dare to believe

I'll have it in the end