This python script demonstrates the use of the dedent method provided by textwrap package.

dedent.py

from textwrap import dedent

string = """
    Only now,
    I'm starting to see the light.
    The shadows of doubt,
    fading into the night.
"""

print("Original string:")
print(string.strip(), "\n")

print("Dedented string:")
print(dedent(string).strip())

Output:

Original string:

Only now,
    I'm starting to see the light.
    The shadows of doubt,
    fading into the night. 

Dedented string:

Only now,
I'm starting to see the light.
The shadows of doubt,
fading into the night.