Brave

I love the lyrics to the song Brave.

It makes me think of how often my best friend........
.....my favorite
wonderful
most stupendous
inconceivably brilliant
incredible
one-day-legendary
most marvelous
mind-blowing
out-of-this-world,
(enraging, maddening, sometimes want to kill)
yet still most amazing
.......and....... best, bestest friend.....whom I absolutely adore,
has rearranged my fearful heart, made me open up all the locked up doors and gently demanded I trust him.



The gate is wide
The road is paved in moderation
The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in
Welcome to the middle ground
You're safe and sound and
Until now it's where I've been
Because it's been fear
that ties me down to everything
But it's been love
Your love
that cuts the strings

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I am small
And I speak
when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say Your name
Just Your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside?

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
Every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me
That changes everything
So long, I'm gone
Brave