But nobody asked me what I wanted
No. Not even once 
I got to wear the heavy and beautiful dresses 
That I had to carry with energy of every ounce. 

Matching gold and diamond jewelries with them 
They made me look like a princess that day 
But nobody asked me what I wanted 
I had just turned 23 that December. 

And they’d said it’s time 
It’s time to get settled down 
It’s time to find a “well and stable” man to spend my life with 
But nobody asked me what I wanted.  

I had to leave my home, my room, my oh so beautiful room 
I had to leave my happy place, 
I had just turned 23 that December 
And I had to leave my home. 

To live with people I’ve never known 
And nobody asked me what I wanted  
I had to call his parents ‘Maa’ and ‘Papa’ 
But is it fair?  

Is it fair to my own parents? 
Is it fair to me? 
Why didn’t anyone ask me what I wanted?  
I had to leave my hopes and dreams behind. 

Because that’s what a good ‘daughter-in-law’ does, isn’t it? 
I had to put a full stop to my career 
I might have been a CEO for god’s sake 
But nobody asked me what I wanted.  

For a girl who had head full of dreams  
And a heart full of courage 
It came down to dishes and cabbage 
Still nobody asked me what I wanted.