Verse 1
I know I can be ruthless,
I can be mean,
I can knock someone to their knees.
I know I can be bitchy,
I can be witchy,
I can make you feel invisible
Within my world.
Chorus
Sometimes I gotta scream,
Sometimes I gotta cry.
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to prosecute?
Sometimes I feel psychotic,
With a straightjacket on me,
Fighting within myself
With what my brain is telling me.
Sometimes I feel like a freak,
Hiding behind the trees,
Scared that they may see me.
Sometimes I gotta scream,
Sometimes I gotta cry.
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to prosecute?
Verse 2
Sometimes I look into the mirror,
Who do I see?
Is it really me,
Or a persona of the person
They want me to be?
Where did I lose myself?
Where did the light turn to darkness?
How do I find me again?
Verse 3
I’m too stubborn to give up,
Too bullheaded to throw in the towel.
I know there’s a real me,
And I will find her somehow.
Trustworthy and loyal,
Those are qualities in me.
I love with all my heart,
And I believe in me.
Even though people have defeated me
Time and time again,
I still open up my heart,
Time and time again.
They can break me,
They can hurt me,
They can make me lose my way,
But somewhere underneath it all,
The real me is still awake.
And I’m gonna find her.
I know I’m gonna find her.
She’s been there all along,
Just waiting for me to come home.
Chorus
Sometimes I gotta scream,
Sometimes I gotta cry.
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to prosecute?
Sometimes I feel psychotic,
With a straightjacket on me,
Fighting within myself
With what my brain is telling me.
Sometimes I feel like a freak,
Hiding behind the trees,
Scared that they may see me.
Sometimes I gotta scream,
Sometimes I gotta cry.
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to prosecute?
Bridge — BLOOM
Like a flower blooming from a seed,
I grew into the person I’ve become.
Through every storm, through every scar,
I kept reaching for the sun.
I’m a fighter,
I’m a mother,
I’m a friend until the end.
I’ve been broken, I’ve been beaten,
But I learned to rise again.
You can judge me all you want,
You can say what you wanna say,
But I know who I am now,
And I’m not ashamed today.
I’m not perfect,
I never claimed to be.
There are pieces of myself
I’m still trying to see.
But every tear and every scar
Made me exactly who I am.
Like a flower from a seed,
I fought my way into the light.
You can call me whatever you want,
But I know myself tonight.
Final Chorus
Sometimes I gotta scream,
Sometimes I gotta cry.
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to prosecute?
Sometimes I lose myself,
Sometimes I lose my way.
But there’s still a light inside of me
That refuses to fade.
I’ve been a freak,
I’ve been afraid,
I’ve hidden in the shadows
And I’ve wished myself away.
But I’m still here.
I’m still standing.
And now I finally see—
You can judge me all you want,
But you don’t get to define me.
Outro
I know I can be ruthless.
I know I can be mean.
I know there are parts of me
That aren’t
