Speak Now
I am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasionBut you are not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girlI sneak in and see your friends and her snotty little family all dressed in pastelAnd she is yelling at a bridesmaidSomewhere back inside a room wearing a gown shaped like a pastry
This is surely not what you thought it would beI lose myself in a daydream where I stand and say
Don't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait or say a single vowYou need to hear me outAnd they said speak now
Fond gestures are exchangedAnd the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death marchAnd I am hiding in the curtainsIt seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-beShe floats down the aisle like a pageant queenBut I know you wish it was meYou wish it was me, don't you
Don't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait or say a single vowYou need to hear me outAnd they said speak nowDon't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait or say a single vowYour time is running outAnd they said speak now
Oh, la, oh
I hear the preacher say speak now or forever hold your peaceThere's the silence, there's my last chanceI stand up with shaky handsAll eyes on meHorrified looks from everyone in the roomBut I'm only looking at you
I am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasionBut you are not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girl
So don't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait or say a single vowYou need to hear me outThey said speak nowAnd you say let's run away nowI'll meet you when I'm out of my tux at the back doorBaby, I didn't say my vowsSo glad you were aroundWhen they said speak now