Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Music touches my soul.  I listen to new songs and am instantly transported to a different place.  I listen to the words and every now and again a song touches my soul.  My sister always was the same way.  There were countless times when she would call me and say... HEY listen to THIS song.  :) Or she would email me the words to a song.

In fact, I remember sitting in front of the radio with my pink boom box (I know, I know) waiting for a song to come on so that I could record it.  Then I/we would sit with a pen and paper and the pause button and sit and write those words.  I am sure it was to send to a boyfriend at the time.  :-)

Well, yesterday I was at work and I always have my pandora going.  An acapella rendition of the below song came on and I fell in love.  I shazam'd it so that I could buy it off of Itunes.  

Then I listened to the words.  And I listened again.  And I sent it to my best friend.  And I let the words seep into my soul where they're going to hibernate. 


You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

Everybody’s been there,
Everybody’s been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing,
Bow down to the mighty
Don’t run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

And since your history of silence
Won’t do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave


Maybe one day I can be brave.  Really and truly BRAVE.  

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