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You hide behind the scenes
Capture the world as it's seen
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But somehow
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Though you have an eye for beauty
You still can't see your own clearly
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Have you ever met someone
And, as you got to know them, thought
"Oh so this is what 'beloved' looks like"?

I have and
Now I understand

You need this mountain
This new trial, this next "what then?"
Because a year ago or a few,
This hurdle would've tripped you
Then? You'd have given up or quit
Now? You're strong enough to surmount it

Proof comes in trials every so often
Of how we changed and how far we've gotten

It gives us the strength to keep climbing
To never give up, to keep on striving

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After every happy
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Comes a hard
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Choose to let it be happy too
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What a sad thing
That she fears compliments from men
Because one or more of them
Made her feel unsafe
For all they said she was