Shine

Is this really what you want
Is this what you wanted to see
Am I finally good enough
Am I who you want me to be

Cause I’ve given it all up
Everything I used to see, when I looked inside
Till there was nothing left
Nowhere to run, or crash, or fall or hide

Now tell me…tell me…

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What was so wrong
Why wasn’t I okay
The way that I was before
Why did you dress me up
Like a doll in clothes that didn’t fit
Till you couldn’t see me anymore
Now I’m taking back myself
My heart, my soul, my life, my mind
And for the first time in a long time
I’m going to shine (I’m going to shine)

You tore me down and built me up
Into a puppet you could command
Didn’t you see what you were doing
Didn’t you understand

And if I hadn’t moved
If I hadn’t let myself be changed
To fit in your perfect portrait
Would you have loved me just the same

Tell me…tell me…

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I’ll do everything I can to make you proud
I hope you know
But sometimes, you need
To let me go

It doesn’t matter how
It doesn’t matter when or why
Cause all that matters now
Is that I’m going to fly...fly, fly away

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I’m taking back myself,
My heart, my soul, my life, my mind,
And for the first time in a long time…I’m going to shine