Sometimes life feels like a cycle
a never-ending cycle
It's a whirlwind a tornado
Set out to destroy me

And I don't know how to
stop it or change it or break it
When I finally come close
it starts once again

It starts as things
begin to get better
And it might not be the best
but I've made peace with that

Maybe I can write my own story
Erase painful memories
Start from scratch,
Forget my past

But then of course
someone else makes a choice
A choice out of my control
and leaves me to figure it out

You forget the things I've seen
You forget the pain I've been through
When I finally come close
it starts all over again

I explode inside,
sometimes slowly
Sometimes all at once
but always eventually

The tornado catches me
and takes me away
There I am right in the middle.
I let the tornado tear me apart
or choose to let it destroy me.

When a star is born
it comes from a tornado
It's high winds
They're super dangerous
They're hard to survive
But in the end, a star is formed

Maybe you never thought that your path
Would cross these valleys
Or be lead up these mountains
But no one can break the inside of me
And no one can tell me who I will be

We are stars
Born from fire and wind
born into chaos
And winds whip around us,
no one strays with us
Everything we know is taken away
but one day, we will shine