Keith Hampton: Songs & Lyrics
Brave
(Keith Hampton)
2002-06-01
Keith Hampton/BMI
from HOPEFIRE (2002)
there is one who'll make you laugh
one who'll set you free
one who'll bowl you over
in that secret heart you keep
there is one who'll watch you suffer
waiting in the room next door
and let your love go by
'cause there is one who needs you more
and the first time you feel that way
will always set the scene
so next time you always say
i'll be wise i'll be brave
oh let me be
some may fault your childhood
others cite your soul
like you were looking for subversion
since you were sixteen years old
but there is one who'll carry hopefire
and lead you through the haze
as the last of your ancestors
leaves you in your living days
and the first time you feel that way
will always set the scene
so next time you always say
i'll be wise i'll be brave
oh let me be
it's a delicate disaster
when your heart bleeds through the skin
it can shine you up for glory
before the story can begin
but there is one who'll turn your pages
one who'll burn them black
and some might call you crazy
for wanting that one back
but the first time you feel that way
will always set the scene
so next time you always say
i'll be wise i'll be brave
oh let me be