Bravery
I’ve been playing with ghosts, testing my echo
To make sure it’ll keep coming back to me
I like to roam the streets in the middle of the night
Just to prove that I’m not scared, see?
But the real mosters aren’t in the dark
They’re your closest friends
I know it’s sad I’m willing to die,
But it’s quite sadder that I haven’t yet
These monsters have a way of finding me
I had a way of choking whenever I speak
I had to stay at the hospital for a week
The doctors said I was brave but what does that mean?
Because I pretended to have no shame?
Sometimes I light fires just to watch the flames
And I’ll watch their lives go down in smoke
As mine did the exact same way
I used to choke when I tried to speak
And now I just spit the blood into their face
Touch me again and I’ll rip your heart out
And I will never again hesitate
I did not conquer my fears, they live alongside me
They make me stronger, and you see
It’s not fearlessness, it’s bravery