History is written at the hands of those who win The battle must be over for the writing to begin Take a piece of paper, open up a vein The feather and the finger pulls against the grain All my story now belongs to me I will try to build a better life for me No one else will know what I could see I am my survivor and you will be my history Memories are fading even as I speak I am not the child who turned the other cheek Power to the people throwing off the chains Love was all we wanted and only truth remains All my story now belongs to me I will try to build a better life for me No one else will know what I could see I am my survivor and you will be my history You will be the lesson I wish I never learned Love will be the reason your reign was overturned All my story now belongs to me I will try to build a better life for me No one else will know what I could see I am my survivor and you will be my history Oh, I am my survivor and you will be my history Oh, I am my survivor and you are just my history