This Is Me Standing

I walked through fire, I crawled through doubt

I held my breath just to make it out

They tried to break what they couldn’t see

But I’m still breathing, I’m still me

I didn’t leave for running’s sake

I left to find the life I’d break

If I stayed in all that fear

I’m stronger now, I’m standing here

I’m here, I’m me, and this is what’s meant to be

I’m not hiding anymore, I’m not who they said I’d be

It took the fall to set me free

I’m here, I’m me — and this is what’s meant to be

Forgiveness doesn’t make it right

But it’s how I win, it’s how I fight

I wish you knew the truth I see

The past is gone — and so is she

I didn’t leave to turn my back

I left to take my future back

If you could see inside my scars

You’d know exactly who you are

I’m here, I’m me, and this is what’s meant to be

I’m not hiding anymore, I’m not who they said I’d be

It took the fall to set me free

I’m here, I’m me — and this is what’s meant to be

Every broken bone, every sleepless night

Built the fire burning in my eyes

I am not the shame they left in me

I’m the fighter that was meant to be

I’m here, I’m me, and this is what’s meant to be

I’m alive, I’m whole, and I’m finally free

It took the fall to set me free

I’m here, I’m me —

And this is what’s meant to be.

Yeah, this is what’s meant to be.