This Is Me

Ello :) 

Back at it again with analysing music. This time it's probably the biggest song of the past year from one of the best movies of the past year - This Is Me from The Greatest Showman. This Is Me is a powerful anthem for anyone who's ever felt left out or different - it tells that you should be proud of who you are and should ignore any hate.

Verse 1: 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

• I used to be ashamed of myself, both my physical appearance an my emotional state. People used to call me fat and ugly an that struck home with me because i was always conscious about myself. I still fee self conscious now about my body, particularly my weight and always over analyse why im not conformed to my generation by having a relationship at my age or at least having experienced one, i kept thinking its me and how i am as a person  what i wear, how i act, what i like/dislike.

Pre-Chorus: But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious

• Nowadays i'm a lot stronger as an individual and i'm not ashamed to be who i am, i don't need to change for anyone, if i want to change than i will change it's my decision. i'm still conscious about my weight but that's for personal reasons, if anyone calls me overweight or fat i just ignore it because i know where i want to be in my life. I know what size i want to be and what makes me feel healthy and happier. I know in myself i'm the person i want to be physically such as personality and interests and i won't let anyone ever sway me into thinking different. 

Chorus: When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them 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

• Definitely describes more of who i am now. Some things get to me, i'm not going to lie, some days i'm more fragile and then others, as you may have noticed, but majority of the time i'm confident in who i am and what my goals are in life that when people judge that side of me, i let it side over me. 

Verse 2: 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)

• At this point in my life i'm aiming for the "sun", i don't intend to be barricaded in myself anymore and feel if you embrace yourself as you are then no words can harm you. You need to love yourself before you can love other people, which is the advice i tend to distribute out to my friends. You need to be comfortable in your own skin and with your own personality, not filtering yourself constantly through materials and products and not conforming to society around you when it comes to your appearance. you can't expect people to love you if you don't love yourself.  

Pre Chorus: I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious

Chorus: When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them 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

Bridge: and I know that I deserve your love
(Oh-oh-oh-oh) 'cause there's nothing I'm not worthy of
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

Chorus x2:When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
This is brave, this is proof
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I'm gonna send a flood
Gonna drown them out
Oh
This is me

That's it for today!
See you next time!
S xoxo