I Am Lyrics
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[Verse 1]
I'm a problem, I'm the killer, I'm the cure, I guess
I'm the end, I'm the beginning, the apocalypse
I am something from nothing, I heard 'em say
Rags to the riches, your best mistake
I'm the future, I'm the relic, I'm the "not done yet"
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh I am... forevermore I'll be
[Chorus]
What you wanna believe
All I know, it's too late for me to change your mind
What you wanna believe
I'll let go, let you decide
What you wanna believe
What you wanna believe
[Verse 2]
I'm the blaze, I'm the siren, I'm the exit door
I'm the cape, I'm the villain, I'm the metaphor
Or I'm a good gun in a bad man's war, I paved the way
I'm a left hook, I'm a battered jaw, I'm the pain
I'm a preacher, I'm a sinner, I'm a broken Lord
Oh, oh, oh I am... forevermore I'll be
[Chorus]
What you wanna believe
All I know, it's too late for me to change your mind
What you wanna believe
I'll let go, let you decide
What you wanna believe
What you wanna believe
[Bridge]
Who am I to tell you what you think you see?
It ain't my business to tell you what you think of me
[Chorus]
What you wanna believe
What you wanna believe
What you wanna believe
All I know, it's too late for me to change your mind
What you wanna believe
I'll let go, let you decide
What you wanna believe
[Outro: Spoken Sample]
A path of corruption and destruction
(What you wanna believe)
Everyday that they live
They have another opportunity to be saved
About
“I Am” is the fifth song on James Arthur’s 2016 album Back from the Edge. The song provides some insight into how his career and the negative opinions of others has shaped him as a person.
Arthur refers to another person in the chorus, who continues to judge him based on previous mistakes, and he knows that it’s no longer in his power to change the person’s opinion about him.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
James Arthur stated the following about “I Am” in an interview:
This is my fight song on the album. The lyric “what you wanna believe”; I am whatever you want to believe. People always try and pinpoint who you are and what you are and I have had plenty of that, I have had plenty of judgement over the last few years. Working with Adam Argyle and Andrew Jackson, the three of us just came up with something that was fierce. I guess if you’ve got it on your headphones you can walk through the street feeling pretty hard listening to that song. I think the message of this one is that I am who I am and if you don’t like it then thats your problem.
- 3.Prisoner
- 4.Can I Be Him
- 5.I Am
- 6.Train Wreck
- 7.Safe Inside
- 8.Sober
- 9.Phoenix
- 11.Sermon
- 13.Finally
- 14.The Truth
- 15.Skeletons
- 16.If Only
