I'm not a stranger to the dark Hide away, they say, cause we don't want your broken part I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars Run away, they say, and I won't love you as you are But 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 stand afloat, gonna drown me now I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I'm meant to be This is me Look out, cause here I come And I'm marching 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 Another round of bullets hits my skin We're far away, but today I won't let the shame take me We are bursting through the barricades Reaching for the sun We are warriors Yeah, that's what we feel Yeah, that's what we've become 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 stand afloat, gonna drown me now I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I'm meant to be This is me Look out, cause here I come And I'm marching on to the beat I drum I'm not scared to be seen I make no apologies This is me