This Is Me

I am not a stranger to the dark

"Hide away," they say

"'Cause we don't want your broken parts"

I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars

"Run away," they say

"No one will love you as you are"

But I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

Watch out 'cause here I come (Oh)

I'm marchin' on to the beat I drum

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

Another round of bullets hits my skin

Well, fire away 'cause today

I won't let the shame sink in

We are burstin' through the barricades

Reachin' for the stars, we are warriors

Yeah, that's what we've become

I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come (Look out 'cause here I come)

And I'm marchin' on to the beat I drum (I'm marchin' on to the beat I drum)

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

Everybody sing along with me

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

So when the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

This is brave, this is bruised

This is who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come (You better look)

And I'm marchin' on to the beat I drum (Oh)

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

This is me