Keepers of Our Own True Face

[Verse 1]
They named the measure, drew the line
Said we should borrow someone’s shine
But I have carried my own dawn
A whole bright country, all along
[Pre-Chorus]
Not an echo, not a half-made flame
I have a thousand ways to name
The life that moves beneath my skin
The strength that starts where I begin
[Chorus]
We are not shadows of another shape
We are the keepers of our own true face
Blessed in the making, beautiful and free
A living wonder, whole as we can be
Lift up your heart, let every daughter see
The sacred power of being fully me
[Verse 2]
In every age, in every place
We made a home, we made a way
With open hands and iron will
We turn the seeds beneath us still
[Pre-Chorus]
Not an echo, not a borrowed name
Our many forms are not the same
And every voice that dares to rise
Can teach the earth a new sunrise
[Chorus]
We are not shadows of another shape
We are the keepers of our own true face
Blessed in the making, beautiful and free
A living wonder, whole as we can be
Lift up your heart, let every daughter see
The sacred power of being fully me
[Bridge]
No need to harden into someone else
No need to ask permission to be whole
Our tenderness can hold its ground
Our difference is a strength profound
[Final Chorus]
We are not shadows of another shape
We are the keepers of our own true face
Blessed in the making, beautiful and free
A living wonder, whole as we can be
Lift up your heart, let every daughter see
The sacred power of being fully me
The sacred power of being fully me
[Outro]
Fully here, fully known
In our own light, in our own home