**Capo 7** Verse 1: G5 C5 G5 Looking back on the things that found me E5 C5 Places I would never choose G5 C5 G5 The same things that both haunt and heal E5 D5 My demons and my muse Chorus: C5 G5 We are crushed and created C5 G5 We are melted and made C5 G5 We are broken and built up D5 E5 In the very same way C5 G5 What I thought I could handle C5 G5 What I thought I could take C5 G5 What I thought would destroy me D5 E5 Leaves me stronger in its wake C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 Verse 2: G5 C5 G5 And there are times that I've underestimated E5 C5 Both the grief and goodness found in something new G5 C5 G5 Where one thing dies, something else can be created E5 D5 And though it's truth you find, it's innocence you lose Chorus: C5 G5 We are crushed and created C5 G5 We are melted and made C5 G5 We are broken and built up D5 E5 In the very same way C5 G5 What I thought I could handle C5 G5 What I thought I could take C5 G5 What I thought would destroy me D5 E5 Leaves me stronger in its wake C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 Ooooo. A5 C5 I'm not the me that I started with G5 D5 My friends say my eyes are brighter A5 C5 I'm not the me that I started with G5 D5 C5 I'm freer, and I'm wiser, and I'm stronger? Chorus: C5 G5 We are crushed and created C5 G5 We are melted and made C5 G5 We are broken and built up D5 E5 In the very same way C5 G5 What I thought I could handle C5 G5 What I thought I could take C5 G5 What I thought would destroy me D5 E5 Leaves me stronger, stronger C5 G5 We are crushed and created C5 G5 We are melted and made C5 G5 We are broken and built up D5 E5 In the very same way C5 G5 What I thought I could handle C5 G5 What I thought I could take C5 G5 What I thought would destroy me D5 E5 Leaves me stronger in its wake C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 E5 It leaves me stronger C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 D5