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 wake And there are times that I've underestimated Both the grief and goodness found in something new Where one thing dies, something else can be created And though it's truth you find, it's 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 wake I'm not the me that I started with My friends say my eyes are brighter I'm not the me that I started with I'm freer, and I'm wiser, and I'm 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 wake 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 wake It leaves me stronger