Verse 1:
I am not a stranger to the dark
E F# F# F# F# E E F# F#
“Hide away”, they say
F# A G F# F#
“‘Cause we don’t want your broken parts”
D D F# F# E E D C#
I’ve learned to be ashamed of all my scars
F# F# F# F# F# F# D A B F#
“Run away”, they say
F# A G F# F#
“No one’ll love you as you are”
D D F# F# E E D E
Pre-Chorus:
But I won’t let them break me down to dust
D B F# F# E E F# E F# B
I know that there’s a place for us
F# F# E E F# E F# A
For we are glorious
D E F# G F# E
Chorus:
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
F# A B B A F# F# F# A F# E D
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
F# A B B A F# F# F# A F# E D
I am brave, I am bruised
D A F# D A F#
I am who I’m meant to be, this is me
D A F# F# F# E E D D D
Look out ’cause here I come
B A F# F# A F# E D
And I’m marching on to the beat I drum
F# A B B A F# F# F# F# A F# E D
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# D A F#
I make no apologies, this is me
D A F# F# E E D D D
Post-Chorus:
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G D
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
D A F# D A F# D A F# F# F# E
Verse 2:
Another round of bullets hits my skin
D E F# F# F# F# F# D E F# F#
Well, fire away ’cause today
D F# A A G A G G F#
I won’t let the shame sink in
F# F# E E E D C#
We are bursting through the barricades
F# A B A A F# F# E E D
And reaching for the sun
D E C# B A F#
(We are warriors)
D D G F# F#
Yeah, that’s what we’ve become
B B A A F# A
Pre-Chorus:
But I won’t let them break me down to dust
D B F# F# E E F# E F# B
I know that there’s a place for us
F# F# E E F# E F# A
For we are glorious
D D D D D E
Chorus:
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
F# A B B A F# F# A F# E D
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
F# A B B A F# F# A F# A F# E D
I am brave, I am bruised
D A F# D A F#
I am who I’m meant to be, this is me
D A F# F# F# E E D D D
Look out ’cause here I come
B A F# F# A F# E D
And I’m marching on to the beat I drum
F# A B B A F# F# F# F# A F# E D
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# D A F#
I make no apologies, this is me
D A F# F# F# E D D D
Post-Chorus:
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D E G D
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
D A F# D A F# D A F# F# F# E
Pre-Chorus 2:
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
F# A B B A F# F# A F# E D
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
F# A B B A F# F# A F# A F# E D
I am brave, I am bruised
D A F# D A F#
I am who I’m meant to be, this is me
D A F# F# F# E E D D D
Chorus:
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
F# A B B A F# F# A F# E D
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
F# A B B A F# F# A F# A F# E D
I am brave, I am bruised
D A F# D A F#
I am who I’m meant to be, this is me
D A F# F# F# E E D D D
Look out ’cause here I come
B A F# F# A F# E D
And I’m marching on to the beat I drum
F# A B B A F# F# F# F# A F# E D
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# D A F#
I make no apologies, this is me
D A F# F# F# E D D D
Chorus:
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
F# A B B A F# F# A F# E D
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
F# A B B A F# F# A F# A F# E D
I am brave, I am bruised
D A F# D A F#
I am who I’m meant to be, this is me
D A F# F# F# E E D D D
Look out ’cause here I come
B A F# F# A F# E D
And I’m marching on to the beat I drum
F# A B B A F# F# F# F# A F# E D
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# D A F#
I make no apologies, this is me
D A F# F# F# E D D D