Hive Open mic Week 107 || This Is Me (Cover) by @sekani

Hi friends in the Hive Open Mic community. It's another wonderful week with the theme Brave Minds by @obaro.

This is me, (originally sung by Keala Settle and the Greatest Showman ensemble), is a song from the movie The Greatest Showman. It was sung by an ensemble of social outcasts, all brought together by one man.
One thing I observed in myself and people around me is the fact that we try so hard to change who we are. Our looks, our personalities and many other things we don't seem to like about ourselves. Eventually, we come to realise that to achieve our goals and to find the love we all desire, we have to accept who we are, build on that and make something of our lives. Often I've heard that your difference is your greatest strength, but it's not easy embracing that difference. It takes bravery and courage to accept who you are. And that is what we are, brave minds, exploring and learning to accept ourselves daily in order to make something of our lives and make our own pact on the world.

This is to everyone feeling alone or dejected, you're never alone. You're strong and beautiful. You're a masterpiece, see it and live it.

Lyrics

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'll 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 'em out
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-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 bursting through the barricades 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
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out
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-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
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

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
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-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

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