You Will See Me (I Am The Story)
You Will See Me (I Am The Story)
“You Will See Me (I Am the Story)” grew out of Liberated Together, a community for women of color, queer women of color, and nonbinary people shaped by Christianity, who are exploring liberated theology and solidarity across ethnic lines. We didn’t write about them from a distance. We wrote alongside them, through Christians for Social Action, and Common Hymnal performs it with SJ Sanchez. This is the kind of song the hymnal exists for: one that starts inside a movement and stays answerable to it. The chorus moves from “I” to “we,” the way the community does.
YOU WILL SEE ME (I AM THE STORY)
Written by Kealani Nunes Willbanks (ASCAP), Nikki Toyama-Szeto (ASCAP), Andre Henry (ASCAP), Vincent Charlow (ASCAP)
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VERSE 1
D - Drone
Patting powder on her face
She prepares to fill her space
For the roles she plays
She assumes her place
As a ghost
She’s got more to say
But the words are caged in her throat
PRE-CHORUS
Dm
Here we come
C F
Ignited by the sun
F/A Bb F
Empowered by the ones before us
Bb
They’re praying for us
Dm
So we’re done
C F
Done biting our tongues
F/A Bb
Bowing in the shadows
F/A Bb
Just to keep you comfortable
CHORUS
Dm
I am the story
F
And you will see me
Bb
We are the story
Bb
And you will see me
VERSE 2
We rewrite the rules today
Now our place is tailor-made
We refuse to leave
Our imago dei at the door
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