I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave

Well I cut open my palm and held it out to you

You do the same with your own army surplus blade

My blood's never as warm as I expect it

You grab my hand adorned in wildflower warpaint

You made yellows out of marigolds

You made purple out of camellias

We charged in first into the woods with bows and arrows drawn

Crudely fashioned sticks and rubber bands and spray paint

We swore ourselves protected from all the evil in the world

You weren't born my brother, but you're gonna die that way

You ran alone (you ran alone)

In the falling snow

Backwards down Wickes Road

I watched your bruises grow (your bruises grow)

Strictly beautiful

Purple and yellow

You said don't

Don't take me home

Don't take me home

Don't take me home

Your father came in angry like a thunderstorm

Searching room from room and I watched color draining from your face

Fault lines started forming underneath all of your floorboards

We sat terrified waiting on an earthquake

I watched you put on a brave face

I wanted so badly to be brave

But you ran alone (you ran alone)

In the falling snow

Backwards down Wickes Road

I watched your bruises grow (your bruises grow)

Strictly beautiful

Purple and yellow

You said don't

Don't take me home

Don't take me home

Don't take me home

Kicked you out to teach you what a man is

But I don't think I'll ever know what that means

They'll put a gun into your hand and call you weak until you're violent

Don't believe it

They're hateful cause they're empty

We've got a chance to break the cycle

We could be the heroes that we always said we'd be

Don't take me home, don't take me home, don't take me

Don't take me home, don't take me home, don't take me

Home, home

Don't take me home, don't take me home, don't take me

Home, home

Don't take me home, don't take me home, don't take me