Verse 1:
G C G
Looking back on the things that found me
Em C
Places I would never choose
G C G
The same things that both haunt and heal
Em D
My demons and my muse
C G
We are crushed and created
C G
We are melted and made
C G
We are broken and built up
D Em
In the very same way
C G
What I thought I could handle
C G
What I thought I could take
C G
What I thought would destroy me
D Em
Leaves me stronger in its wake
C G C G C G D
Verse 2:
G C G
And there are times that I've underestimated
Em C
Both the grief and goodness found in something new
G C G
Where one thing dies, something else can be created
Em D
And though it's truth you find, it's innocence you lose
C G
We are crushed and created
C G
We are melted and made
C G
We are broken and built up
D Em
In the very same way
C G
What I thought I could handle
C G
What I thought I could take
C G
What I thought would destroy me
D Em
Leaves me stronger in its wake
C G C G C G D
Ooooo.
Am C
I'm not the me that I started with
G D
My friends say my eyes are brighter
Am C
I'm not the me that I started with
G D C
I'm freer, and I'm wiser, and I'm stronger…
C G
We are crushed and created
C G
We are melted and made
C G
We are broken and built up
D Em
In the very same way
C G
What I thought I could handle
C G
What I thought I could take
C G
What I thought would destroy me
D Em
Leaves me stronger, stronger
C G
We are crushed and created
C G
We are melted and made
C G
We are broken and built up
D Em
In the very same way
C G
What I thought I could handle
C G
What I thought I could take
C G
What I thought would destroy me
D Em
Leaves me stronger in its wake
C G C G C G D Em
It leaves me stronger
C G C G C G D