Matt Blick - Brave Lyrics

Built a cage around your heart
To keep the parts in check
Made from all the wires you found
Around her hospital bed
She doesn't know your face
She doesn't know your name
Her skin so thin and white
You see right through to each vein
And all she says is "can I go home now?"

You don't have to be so brave
The world is filled with those you love but cannot save
It's OK to cry, you don't have to try to be so strong
You don't have to be so brave

There's a gravestone, good as new
Much smaller than the rest
Never heard his own name
Never nursed at your breast
Still there's bills to be paid
Still there's mouths to be fed
You can weep when you're old
You can sleep when you're dead
If you stand still, you'll sink like a stone now

You don't have to be so brave
The world is filled with those you love but cannot save
And as it's turning, one by one, day by day, emptying out
It's OK to cry, you don't have to try to be so strong
You don't have to be so brave

You don't have to be so brave
You don't have to be so brave
You can rage, shake your fist, take a walk, take a drink
You can scream, you can curse, you can lay down in the dirt
You can pray
It's OK to cry, you don't have to try... you don't have to try...

You don't have to be so brave
The world is filled with those you love but cannot save
And as it's turning, one by one, day by day, emptying out
It's OK to cry, you don't have to try to be so strong
When all you love is gone
You don't have to be so brave