brave

8:25 AM

So I've kind of been posting a lot of song lyrics lately. And for that I am sorry. I'm just a music person, it's the first thing I like to hear when I wake up and it's playing all day long - in my car, on my laptop or through the record player. Music makes me cry, smile, reminisce and sometimes it can even make me be brave. There's something I'm writing that's taking a lot of courage. It's part of my story and I've been waiting to "say what I wanna say" for what feels like a long, long time. So needless to say this song has been on repeat around these parts...

"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
And 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

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

Innocence, 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"

- Sara Bareilles - 

The video is just all kinds of wonderful (think rainbows, sunshine and unicorns)

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  1. I've been listening to this whole album non-stop since yesterday via Spotify, and am listening to it as I write this. SO. GOOD.

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    1. I haven't stopped listening since I bought it! It's brilliant!

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  2. I have different songs that are the soundtrack of my life;)
    Love this one and the lyrics are SO good!

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  3. What an awesome video! Very inspiring! <3

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