Nothing feels right and nothing feels wrong But living in this skin has made me a little bit too numb So I'll hold the hot coals in the palms of my hands Just to burn away the layers if I can and I know I will overcome I will overcome Say that I will and then I say that I won't Revisit this place inside that's killing off my last hope And it happened to me and then it happened to her An angry fist from an uneducated temper I will overcome I will overcome By love By marching on (By marching on) One foot in front of the other One foot in front of the other And then by faith Message in hand They told me I wouldn't make it They told me I couldn't make it Still I will overcome (One foot in front of the other) I will overcome