Perfect

I watch as you struggle to keep standing straight
As you stumble through daylight that's clouding your pain
There's a mask on your face but your heart's on your sleeve
You distance yourself while you beg for reprieve

Maybe life is not how you planned it
Or maybe you can't do things how you demand it
Or maybe you just need to try to understand it
That maybe, just maybe, you're perfect as you

So you build up your walls and put guards at the gate
And you sit in your fortress and lie there in wait
And there's bars on the windows so no one comes in
You're waging a war that you don't want to win

And the bombs are exploding, there's shrapnel and debris
And the sound of glass breaking and windows shattering
And there's death and destruction all scattered about
You wait til the dust clears before you step out

Maybe life has sadness and grieving
Maybe there's far too much pain and deceiving
Or maybe we all need a lesson in believing
That maybe, just maybe, you're perfect as you

For without any weakness, you cannot have strength
You cannot know courage if you've never been afraid
You can't pick yourself up without first falling down
You can't prove your faith if you've never had doubts

Maybe life is not about successes
Maybe it's all about failures and lessons
Or standing up tall after each of our regressions
Or maybe it's learning you're perfect as you
Maybe, just maybe, you're perfect as you
Maybe, just maybe, you're perfect