This Is Me

(album: Live In Concert With The Sydney Symphony Orchestra - 2020)

I'm 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

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 (hey, hey, hey)
Gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out (hey, hey, hey)
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

Another round of bullets hits my skin (hey)
Well, fire away (whoa) 'cause today (oh), I won't let the shame sink in (yeah, yeah, yeah)
We are bursting (oh) through the barricades (oh-whoa)
And reaching for the sun (we are warriors)
Yeah, that's what we've become
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)
Gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out (hey, hey, hey)
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

And I know that I deserve your love
There's nothing I'm not worthy of

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
This is brave, this is bruised
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching onto the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)
(I'm not scared to be seen, I make no apologies) this is me
(Whenever the words wanna cut me down
I'll send the flood to drown them out)
I'm gonna send the flood, I'm gonna drown them out, yeah, yeah
This is me