Lyrics

I saw the end I saw the ending at the start Though I never said a word aloud I knew it in my heart All I ever wanted Was to make the smiles real I felt that was worth the hurt And time it took to heal Though I knew I never could I swore I'd make it through If you repeat ideas enough It doesn't make them true I tried To force my circles into squares And I denied That what I wanted wasn't there I looked for light In corners darker than the dark side of the moon But still, in spite of you I shine Like a lantern in the night Nowhere to hide You've never seen me shine so bright As I do tonight You clipped my wings and cut my claws I let it happen then I didn't know what I was missing Until they grew again So though it hurt, and oh it hurt I tore myself away Sometimes you've gotta bleed before you heal enough To keep the dark at bay I could see so well in the night That I felt blinded by the sun But easy doesn't make it right Sometimes it's better just to run I tried To force my circles into squares And I denied That what I wanted wasn't there I looked for light In corners darker than the dark side of the moon But still, in spite of you I shine Like a lantern in the night Nowhere to hide You've never seen me shine so bright As I do tonight I'm free I fly I live I shine I tried To force my circles into squares And I denied That what I wanted wasn't there I looked for light In corners darker than the dark side of the moon But still, in spite of you I shine