Nothing feels right and nothing feels wrongnBut living in this skin has made me a little bit too numbnSo I'll hold the hot coals in the palms of my handsnJust to burn away the layers if I can and I knownnI will overcomenI will overcomennSay that I will and then I say that I won'tnRevisit this place inside that's killing off my last hopenAnd it happened to me and then it happened to hernAn angry fist from an uneducated tempernnI will overcomenI will overcomennBy lovenBy marching on (By marching on)nOne foot in front of the othernOne foot in front of the othernnAnd then by faithnMessage in handnThey told me I wouldn't make itnThey told me I couldn't make itnnStill I will overcome (One foot in front of the other)nI will overcome