I Stand (2008)

• I Stand
• Better To Have Loved
• Brave
• Gorgeous
• Where Do I Begin?
• Don't Let Me Down
• I Feel Everything
• Forever
• Enemy
• Perfume And Promises
• Defying Gravity (iTunes bonus track)
• Let Me Fall (Special Edition bonus track)
• God Give Me Strength (Borders bonus track) 

I Stand lyrics - Idina Menzel

When you ask me, who I am:

What is my vision? And do I have a plan?

Where is my strength? Have I nothing to say?

I hear the words in my head, but I push them away.

'Cause I stand for the power to change,

I live for the perfect day.

I love till it hurts like crazy,

I hope for a hero to save me.

I stand for the strange and lonely,

I believe there's a better place.

I don't know if the sky is heaven,

But I pray anyway.

And I don't know

What tomorrow brings

The road less traveled

Will it set us free?

Cause we are taking it slow,

These tiny legacies.

I don't try and change the world;

But what will you make of me?

'Cause I stand for the power to change,

I live for the perfect day.

I love till it hurts like crazy,

I hope for a hero to save me.

I stand for the strange and lonely,

I believe there's a better place.

I don't know if the sky is heaven,

But I pray anyway.

With the slightest of breezes

We fall just like leaves

As the rain washes us from the ground

We forget who we are

We can't see in the dark

And we quickly get lost in the crowd

'Cause I stand for the power to change,

I live for the perfect day.

I love till it hurts like crazy,

I hope for a hero to save me.

'Cause I stand for the power to change,

I live for the perfect day.

I love till it hurts like crazy,

I hope for a hero to save me.

I stand for the strange and lonely,

I believe there's a better place.

I don't know if the sky is heaven,

But I pray anyway.

Better To Have Loved lyrics - Idina Menzel

Better To Have Loved:

Ooh

Better To Have Loved...

Ooh

If the sun went down tomorrow and it never came back

And the city went quiet and we fade to black

Well I won't have a single regret

And I wouldn't trade a thing

Cause I never knew I could feel what I feel inside of me

Better to have loved than never loved at all

Better to have dreamed than never taken the fall

Better to have loved you and let you in than never to have touched your skin

Better to have hurt and screamed and cried

Fall into the earth for a trip to the sky

Better to have loved

You

Better to have Loved:

I knew all the time I was taking a chance

When I stand there on the edge of the cliff and no one was holding my hand

Well the wind blew strong and the clouds rolled in and I, I felt us lift off the ground

Yes I bared my soul and I dared to go knowing one day you might let me down

Better to have loved than never loved at all

Better to have dreamed than never taken the fall

Better to have loved you and let you in than never to have touched your skin

Better to have hurt and screamed and cried

Fall into the earth for a trip to the sky

Better to have loved

You

I gave you everything but to have said goodbye

Better to have loved than never loved at all

Better to have dreamed than never taken the fall

Better to have loved you and let you in than never to have touched your skin

Better to have hurt and screamed and cried

Fall into the earth for a trip to the sky

Better to have loved, better to have loved

You

Brave lyrics - Idina Menzel

Don't know just where I'm going

And tomorrow, it's a little overwhelming

And the air is cold

And I'm not the same anymore

I've been running in your direction

For to long now

I've lost my own reflection

And I can't look down

If you're not there to catch me when I fall.

If this is the moment I stand here on my own

If this is my rite of passage that somehow leads me home

I might be afraid

But it's my turn to be brave

If this is the last chance before we say goodbye

At least it's the first day of the rest of my life

I can't be afraid

Cause it's my turn to be brave

All along all I ever wanted, was to be the light

When your life was daunting

But I can't see mine

When I feel as though you're pushing me away

Well who's to blame, are we making the right choices

Cause we can't be sure if we're hearing our own voices

As we close the door even though we are so desperate to stay

If this is the moment I stand here on my own

If this is my rite of passage that somehow leads me home

I might be afraid

But it's my turn to be brave

If this is the last chance before we say goodbye

At least it's the first day of the rest of my life

I can't be afraid

Cause it's my turn to be brave

And I might still cry

And I might still bleed

These thorns in my side

This heart on my sleeve

And lightening may strike

This ground at my feet

And I might still crash

But I still believe

This is the moment I stand here all alone

With everything I have inside, everything I own

I might be afraid

But it's my turn to be brave

If this is the last time before we say goodbye

At least it's the first day of the rest of my life

I can't be afraid

Cause it's my turn to be brave

Gorgeous lyrics - Idina Menzel

In a perfect world, in another time

In a far off place we wouldn't need to justify

Everything we are

And all that we believe

We could finally be

Whoever we both want to be

And when we can't be heard,

And when we can't be seen

I will call you close and

You will reach for me.

When all of the beauty turns to pain

When all of the madness falls like rain

As long as we crash and we collide

We will be gorgeous, you and I.

Through the window pane,

Through the bedroom door

This city wants to fight

But it can't touch us anymore

We have come so far,

We have shed our skin

The more that's taken from us now,

The more we have to give

And when we can't be heard,

And when we can't be seen

I will call you close and

You will reach for me.

When all of the beauty turns to pain

When all of the madness falls like rain

As long as we crash and we collide

We will be gorgeous, you and I.

And when we are drowning in the noise

I'm gonna stop to hear your voice

As long as we crash and we collide

We will be gorgeous, you and I.

(We'll be gorgeous)

(We'll be gorgeous)

In the perfect time

(We'll be gorgeous)

And when we lose our faith

In all that's beautiful

You lift me to this place

When all of the beauty turns to pain

When all of the madness falls like rain

As long as we crash and we collide

We will be gorgeous, gorgeous, yeah

And when we are drowning in the noise

I'm gonna stop to find your voice

As long as we crash and we collide

We will be gorgeous, we will be gorgeous

(you and I)

And when I lose my faith

I don't know what to do

You lift me to this place

And make me feel so beautiful

As long as you're right here by my side

We will be gorgeous, you and I.

Where Do I Begin? lyrics - Idina Menzel

Where do I begin my love

Starting with the things I haven’t said enough of

Starting with the day you changed my life

And ending with the way I feel tonight

Where do I begin

Where do I belong when you’re not here

This is way beyond my darkest fear

I don’t know where I end or where I start

Each mile in between is way too far

Where do I begin

[Chorus:]

I’ve always counted all my blessings

Knowing you’d defend me

And stand by my side

If only I didn’t lose my senses

Each time I intended

For these words to come out right

Where do I begin my love

Starting with the morning you brought me the sun

Starting with the stars from out of space

You took a few and lit up my face

Where do I begin

[Chorus:]

I’ve always counted all my blessings

Knowing you’d defend me

And stand by my side

If only I didn’t lose my senses

Each time I intended

For these words to come out right

Where do I begin my love

I always read the last page instead of the first one

Well there’s no need to rush it all in

I love you and I’ll say it again

Where do I begin

Where do I begin

Where should we begin

Don't Let Me Down lyrics - Idina Menzel

Where do you go?

When you're alone and in your head

Why do they know you?

Is your story painted in red?

What do you see?

What do you dream when you're awake?

What have they seen of you?

Are you afraid of what's been said?

And if time stood still

If you won't be your witness

No one ever will

I hear a voice that's in my head

Don't let me down

'Cause I can't hold the future in my head

So many things I should have said

Don't let me down

'Cause I would be a lucky girl if time stood on it's head

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let them see

These shadows fallen over me

Where do you go?

When you're awake and in your head?

Why do they know you?

Is your story painted in red?

And if time stood still

If I can't be my teacher

No one ever will

I hear a voice that's in my head

Don't let me down

'Cause I can't hold the future in my head

So many things I should have said

That let me let me down

And I can't choose the road ahead

Close my eyes and hold my breath

Hope my little debt won't let me down

And I can't choose the road ahead

And close my eyes and hold my breath

Hope my little death won't let me down

And if time stood still

If I can't be my teacher

No one ever will

I hear a voice that's in my head

Don't let me down

'Cause I can't hold the future in my head

So many things I should have said

That let me let me down

I hear a voice that's in my head

Don't let me down

'Cause I can't hold the future in my head

So many things I should have said

That let me let me down

'Cause I would be a lucky girl if time stood on it's head

Don't let me down

I Feel Everything lyrics - Idina Menzel

Like a prima ballerina

I tip toe, tip toe around you constantly

I hear the water running

Will it wash your tears or leak through the ceiling?

Make my way up a spiral staircase

Hope to God you had a good day

When you're furious

When you start to freeze

When you can't be touched

I feel everything

And when you despair

When you cannot breathe

When you wouldn't dare

I feel everything

When you're in ecstasy

But you're not with me

I feel everything

On a tightrope

On a wire

I'll attempt to jump through a ring of fire

I am waiting all the while

For a glimpse of something to bring us higher

One little foot in front of the other

Don't you know I'm afraid of thunder

When you're furious

When you start to freeze

When you can't be touched

I feel everything

And when you despair

When you cannot breathe

When you wouldn't dare

I feel everything

When you're in ecstasy

But you're not with me

I feel everything

Oh

There's a fine line between love and hurting

And knowing when to walk away

Like a prima ballerina

I will tiptoe tiptoe around you constantly

When you're furious

When you start to freeze

When you can't be touched

I feel everything

And when you despair

When you cannot breathe

When you wouldn't dare

I feel everything

When you're in ecstasy

But you're not with me

I feel everything

When you can't be touched

When you can't be loved

When you fall apart

When you have no heart

I feel everything

Forever lyrics - Idina Menzel

We thought it had it all

We thought we'd go unscathed

We thought our love would border on infinity

We thought that we were free

The world would disappear

We left ourselves wide open and we had no fear

But forever came and went

Forever stumbled through

Forever had poor sense of time and made a mess of me and you

Forever had us fooled

We fell for it again

Now time is standing still forever

Lying next to you

But you're already gone

Too much has been said and it can't be undone

It's so hard to comprehend

When ashes fade to dust

I touch your water and the iron turns to dust

So forever came and went

Forever stumbled through

Forever had poor sense of time and made a mess of me and you

Forever had us fooled

We fell for it again

Now time is standing still forever came and went

We thought it had it all

We thought we'd go unscathed

We thought our love would border on infinity

Forever was a shame

Stole a little piece of us

To live up to it's name was just really too

Forever came and went

Forever stumbled through

Forever had poor sense of time and made a mess of me and you

Forever came and went

Forever stumbled through

Forever had poor sense of time and made a mess of me and you

Forever had us fooled

We fell for it again

Now time is standing still forever came and went

Oh I thought we had it all

Oh oh oh I thought we had it all, every day until the end

You & me, oh.

Enemy lyrics - Idina Menzel

In the roses

In the spring

I remember

There was a time

I wasn’t afraid of anything

But with the lilacs

And the rain

One day you went away

I remember

I forgot everything

[Chorus:]

My mother’s always trying to tell me

How to be grateful how to believe

My father’s always trying to say

Baby you’re beautiful in every way

My lover’s always got me in his arms

Trying to protect me keep me from harm

So why do I always have to be

My worst my own worst enemy

In the shadows in the grays

In the lonely

There is a place

Where we can all hide away

But in the windows of the soul

There is nowhere we can go

If we keep running

Running from our destiny

[Chorus:]

My mother’s always trying to tell me

How to be grateful how to believe

My father’s always trying to say

Baby you’re beautiful in every way

My lover’s always got me in his arms

Trying to protect me keep me from harm

So why do I always have to be

My worst my own worst enemy

You say I walk on water

You say I walk on the moon

But it’s never enough

(no it’s never enough no it’s never enough)

You say I’m only human

It’s all in my head

But it’s never enough

(no it’s never enough no it’s never enough)

One day I’ll find

My alibi…

[Chorus:]

My mother’s always trying to tell me

How to be grateful how to believe

My father’s always trying to say

Baby you’re beautiful in every way

My lover’s always got me in his arms

Trying to protect me keep me from harm

So why do I always have to be

My worst my own worst enemy

Perfume And Promises lyrics - Idina Menzel

A crack in the smile

But she's always in style while she waits

Waving goodbye but she's too tired to cry and she's wasted

A letter he wrote

But it's far too expose so he throws it away

The sound of regret as it's counting the steps back to safe

I don't want to leave you with perfume and promises

But we'll never know 'till we capture and bottle it

'Cause wouldn't it be such a shame

If all was wasted

Not an inch of the room

That isn't in bloom or in light

So we drink 'till its dawn

Every drip 'till it's gone and we're wasted

It's a thing of the truth

But we'll lie and we'll look for the perfect escape

And the moment will go like melted snow in the rain

I don't want to leave you with perfume and promises

But we'll never know 'till we capture and bottle it

Cause wouldn't it be such a shame

If all was wasted

Stay for another morning

Study the curves on my face

Stay even when we're unknowing

Stay 'till they tear you away

I don't want to leave you with perfume and promises

But we'll never know 'till we capture and bottle it

Cause wouldn't it be such a shame

If all was wasted

Defying Gravity lyrics - Idina Menzel

("I Stand" album version)

Something has changed within me

Something is not the same

I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game

Too late for second-guessing

Too late to go back to sleep

It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap!

It's time to try

Defying gravity

I think I'll try

Defying gravity

Kiss me goodbye

I'm defying gravity

And you won't bring me down

I'm through accepting limits 'cause someone says they're so

Some things I cannot change but 'til I try, I'll never know!

Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I've lost

Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!

I'd sooner buy

Defying gravity

Kiss me goodbye

I'm defying gravity

I think I'll try

Defying gravity

And you won't bring me down

Unlimited (unlimited)

My future is (future is) unlimited (unlimited)

And I've just had a vision

Almost like a prophecy

I know it sounds truly crazy

And true, the vision's hazy

But I swear, someday I'll be...

Flying so high! (defying gravity)

Kiss me goodbye! (defying gravity)

So if you care to find me

Look to the western sky!

As someone told me lately,

"Everyone deserves the chance to fly!"

I'm defying gravity!

And you won't bring me down, bring me down, bring me down!

Ah, ah [echo]

Let Me Fall lyrics - Idina Menzel

It's October again

Leaves are falling down like rain

One more year's come and gone

But nothing's changed

Wasn't I supposed to be someone

Who could face the things that I've been running from?

Let me feel

I don't care if I break down

Let me fall

Even if I hit the ground

If I cry a little

And die a little

At least I know I lived

Just a little

Let me feel

Let me fall

I become much too good at being invincible

I'm an expert at 'play it safe' and 'keep it cool'

But I swear this is not who I'm meant to be

I refuse to let my life fall over me

Let me feel (let me feel)

I don't care if I break down

Let me fall (let me fall)

Even if I hit the ground

If I cry a little (cry)

And die a little (die)

At least I know I lived

Just a little

Let me feel

Let me fall

Yes, I'm gonna be someone (gonna be)

If I take it as it comes

If I face the things that I've been running from

I've been running from

Let me feel (let me feel)

I don't care if I break down

Let me fall (let me fall)

Even if I hit the ground

If I cry a little (cry)

And die a little (die)

At least I know I lived

Just a little

Let me feel

Let me fall

It's October again

The leaves are falling down like rain

Oh...

God Give Me Strength lyrics - Idina Menzel

Now I have nothing,

So God give me strength,

'Cuz I'm weak in his wake,

And if I'm strong, I might still break.

And I don't have anything to share,

That I won't throw away into the air.

That song is sung out,

And this bell is rung out,

He was the light that I'd bless,

He took my last chance at happiness.

So God give me strength

God give me strength.

I can't hold on to him,

God, God give me strength,

When the phone doesn't ring,

And I am lost in imagining.

That song is sung out,

And this bell is rung out,

He was the light that I'd bless,

He took my last chance at happiness.

So God give me strength

God if he'd grant me his indulgance and decline,

I might as well wipe him from my memory,

Fracture the spell as he becomes my enemy.

Maybe I was washed out,

Like a lip print on his shirt,

See I'm only human,

I want him to hurt,

Oh, I want him to hurt.

God give me strength,

God give me strength,

God give me strength,

God give me strength.