We learn to wear these masks so young Like a prison that keeps joy from gettin’ through And an angry silence grips our tongues These weapons and our walls become our tombs Yes, we’re the kids who sing in the darkness Always looking for the light You fall in love and then the rains come down And only part of you survives
Come surrender your hidden scars Leave your weapons where they are You’ve been hiding But I know you’re wounded hard And you don’t know how beautiful you are
I’m tired of hiding who I really am Underneath these alibis I wanna know who you really are I wanna meet you here tonight Yes, we’re not born with these defenses We’re not destined for this pain We hide ourselves and put the fig leaves on But a mask could never cover up this shame
And where we’re headed is a world apart From where we started, we’ve come so far I’ll take my chances Honey, you can have my heart Cause you don’t know how beautiful you are
Love surrenders Love surrenders Love surrenders Love surrenders
Future gardens from all this rain Future flowers from present pain We’re bound together and our lives are bound to change You don’t know how beautiful you are
And all the ashes and all these dreams I’ve seen the beauty of fallen leaves And someday maybe we’ll find out what it means And you’ll find out how beautiful you are You’ll find out how beautiful you are