Looking back on the things that found me

Places i would never choose

The same things that both haunt and heal

My demons and my muse



We are crushed and created

We are melted and made

We are broken and built up 

In the very same way

What i thought i could handle

What i thought i could take

What i thought would destroy me

Leaves me stronger in its way



And there are times that i underestimated

Both the grief and goodness found in something new

One thing dies

Something else can be created

Though its the truth you find

Its innocence you lose



We are crushed and created

We are melted and made

We are broken and built up 

In the very same way

What i thought i could handle

What i thought i could take

What i thought would destroy me

Leaves me stronger in its way



ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



Im not the me that i started with

My friends say my eyes are brighter

Im not the me that i started with

Im freer, im wiser, and im stronger



We are crushed and created

We are melted and made

We are broken and built up 

In the very same way

What i thought i could handle

What i thought i could take

What i thought would destroy me

Leaves me stronger, stronger



We are crushed and created

We are melted and made

We are broken and built up 

In the very same way

What i thought i could handle

What i thought i could take

What i thought would destroy me

Leaves me stronger in its way



It leaves me stronger