This Is Me

(originally performed by Keala Settle in "The Greatest Showman" film)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I am not a stranger to the dark
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Hide away, "they say
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'Cause we don't want your broken parts
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I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
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Run away, they say
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No one'll love you as you are
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But I won't let them break me down to dust
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I know that there's a place for us
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For we are glorious
 
 
[Chorus]
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When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
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I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
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I am brave, I am bruised
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I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
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Look out 'cause here I come
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Abnd I'm marching on to the beat I drum
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I'm not scared to be seen
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I make no apologies, this is me
 
 
[Bridge]
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Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
 
[Verse 2]
 
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Abnother round of bullets hits my skin
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Well, fire away 'cause today
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I won't let the shame sink in
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We are bursting through the barricades
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Abnd reaching for the sun
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(We are warriors)
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Yeah, that's what we've become
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I Won't let them break me down to dust
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I know that there's a place for us
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For we are glorious
 
 
[Chorus]
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When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
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I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
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I am brave, I am bruised
Ab
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
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Look out 'cause here I come
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Abnd I'm marching on to the beat I drum
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I'm not scared to be seen
Ab
I make no apologies, this is me
 
 
[Bridge]
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Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Oh-oh-oh-oh
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Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
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This is me
 
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
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Abnd I know that I deserve your love
 
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
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There's nothing I'm not worthy of
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Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
 
 
[Chorus]
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When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
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I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
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This is brave, this is bruised
        Ab
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me
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Look out 'cause here I come
 
(Look out 'cause here I come)
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Abnd I'm marching on to the beat I drum
 
(Marching on, marching, marching on)
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I'm not scared to be seen
       Ab
I make no apologies, this is me
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When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
 
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
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I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
                               Ab
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
 
This is me