[Verse 1]
Even when it's dark
I keep my face up
Bruises tell the truth
But I still get up
I hear my children call
From the next small room
That sound is my armor
That sound gets me through
[Pre-Chorus]
I have been bent
I have been burned
Still I stand here
Still I return
[Chorus]
I will survive
I will survive
For my children
I will survive
I keep living
I keep fighting
For my children
I will survive
[Verse 2]
Broken dishes on the floor
My heart on the wire
Every locked-up memory
Still feeds my fire
I learned my own name
In the hardest night
Now I hold it tighter
Like a blade of light
[Pre-Chorus]
I have been bent
I have been burned
Still I stand here
Still I return
[Chorus]
I will survive
I will survive
For my children
I will survive
I keep living
I keep fighting
For my children
I will survive
[Bridge]
If I shake, I shake
If I cry, I cry
But I do not fold
I do not die
Their little hands
Pull me to shore
I was made for more
I was made for more
[Final Chorus]
I will survive
I will survive
For my children
I will survive
I keep living
I keep fighting
For my children
I will survive
(I will survive)
(I will survive)