[Intro]

I'll overcome (She will, she will, she will, ooh)

I'll overcome (Yes, indeed, yes, indeed, yes, indeed, she will)

There's a thin grey veil over her horizon

The wall between hope and despair

She exists behind it

She will overcome

[Verse 1]

Five hundred steps left to make it to the front door (Mm)

My red high heels click, click, four many too drinks

I feel my backbone threaten to greet the concrete below

I mean, who wants to bе in Paris drunk and alone?

Where thе phantom of a past love lingers in the cracks of

The cobblestones that I march on and it haunts me, and it taunts me

And su-su-su-suddenly, in a reflection of a Chanel boutique window

I can see the old me and I hate her

I feel syrup strands of blue moonlight pour through the clouds

To find me out like a spotlight, as if Heaven's watching down

To illustrate briefly the state of my mind

I have black cat-eye glasses, so I look chic as I cry

And it's funny, some people say I remind them of Amy

Some spit through their keyboards, I'll never amount

And the evil in insults, the arrows from your tongue

Is the same devils you tortured her with

Anyhow, I

[Chorus]

I'll overcome (She will, she will, she will)

I'll overcome (Yes, indeed, yes, indeed, yes, indeed)

When this wicked world wants to whisper

"You cannot, you won't be, you will not

So go home and shut up, and go sleep"

This is a song to remind me, since I needed one

I will overcome

[Post-Chorus]

There's a thin grey veil over her horizon

The wall between hope and despair (Yes, I will, yes, I will, yes, I will, yes, I will)

She exists behind it

She will overcome

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, I will, oh

[Verse 2]

Five hundred steps back and I was doing so well (So well)

Whilst scrolling, I sighed (I'm so jealous)

Of everyone online who is so much happier

And content and complete (To feel better, I shall arrange a sad little feast)

Where I will jump up and down on my bed in my grief

And I'll play Edith Piaf, and I'll dance, and I'll

Eat chocolate cake and I'll have no regrets till I

Wake up and hate me now, I must know, anyhow

I will keep on

[Chorus]

I'll overcome (She will, she will, she will)

I'll overcome (Yes, indeed, yes, indeed, yes, indeed)

When this wicked world wants to whisper

"You cannot, you won't be, you will not

So go home and shut up, and go sleep"

This is a song to remind me, since I needed one

[Bridge]

Five hundred steps left, maybe I have lost count

My battery died, so I'm not sure if I turn left or turn right

As my eyes gathered tears, it's as if it was staged

How the night skies above start to thunder and rain

Like a Hollywood movie with some sad exceptions

No lover to kiss, or promised happy endings

I'll swing 'round this street lamp, and I'll give you a story

You may say I look crazy, but I won't even care

Aren't we all broken people? Just perfect how to hide it

And life's guarantee's that we're all going to die

So am I going to live like this all of my life?

I'm not okay right now

But I'll get there somehow, I

[Chorus]

I'll overcome, I-I-I, I-I

I'll overcome (She will, she will)

When this wicked world wants to whisper

"You cannot, you won't be, you will not

So go home and shut up, and go sleep"

This is my song to remind me, I needed one

I will overcome, oh, oh, oh

[Outro]

There's a thin grey veil over her horizon

And it is the wall between hope and despair

She exists behind it, she will overcome