Bravery is not a natural state. It is nature to preserve yourself. To stand up for something that is right, even though you know you can lose. To give up something of yourself for no reason other than you care. To keep going when all others have abandon you. To be willing to save another without thought of reward or self gain. These are the true faces of courage.

i cannot imagine myself,
i mean the voice with whom I speak
who both doubt and believe (in me)
i cannot imagine that self
without you.
your silence a symphony
your words a philosophy
carefully constructed behind
the blue iris and white wash
of your eyes.

i cannot imagine my life
without you in the passenger seat
(you let me drive) and you've yet
to fall asleep
i can still feel you staring at me
and that self doesn't want to believe
(at least not on this particular day)
it's worthy of whatever good you see.
yet here you are, in all your quiet thunder
humbling me with each individual
breath.

i cannot imagine myself
because as much as i have wrestled
and fought against this inevitable truth
it grew more clear with every struggle.
i cannot imagine myself
because since the day i met you
i knew inside this mind of mine
i had to make room for two.

But you say "I love you" to every girl you meet
And that really isn't love,
Just because you are lonely
And what's sad about that is -
You'll never really feel "love"
Because she leaves or you leave
And you're back on the desperate hunt for a new
"I love you"
And this cycle repeats
Love doesn't die when a person walks away
Love is a stitch in the chest that remains
It can't quite ever go away
And I think you know this, but -
You are too scared to be alone
Too scared to live without a love
So jump and jump from this love to that one
I think you are scared because you know
That you can't ever love yourself

Where are you? And where is home?
Are you with friends? Or all alone?
I seek the Lord, to make him pray
For happy endings, and brighter days

No, oh no no, every day is a day I learn.

I wait for you, beneath blue skies
I tell myself that I don't mind
When will it end, this appetite
To ***** up things, I know are right?

No, oh no no, every day is a day I learn

And I'm not trying to say nothing
I'm just kinda wondering, how you been
If it's a game then it's hard to play
If you could see me now,
Oh what you'd say.

No, oh no, every day is a day I learn.

A ****** field, your house on fire
The world is old, and full of liars
And there you are, so here I go
I don't know much, and don't it show

No, oh no no, every day is a day I learn.

And I'm not trying to say nothing
I'm just kinda wondering, how you been
If it's a game then it costs a lot to play
If you could see me now,
Oh what you'd say.

No, oh no, every day is a day I learn.
No, oh no, every day is a day I learn.