Courage And Control Lyrics - The Wild Trapeze - Brandon Boyd

The boulevard is bustlin' 

A vast and wrinkled muslin 

Is pulled over my eyes and 

I know I don't belong 

There is a noise inside of me 

That bustles asymmetrically 

Oh how have I to balance 

Those sounds into a song? 

It's time to let your hair down 

And give yourself permission 

It takes courage and control 

But you start by letting go, oh 

The city's an analogy 

For things building inside of me 

There's chaos in this discord 

But still we move along 

The chaos sings of symmetry 

And all her words are poetry 

That's the kind of city 

Which I want to belong 

It's time to let your hair down 

And give yourself permission 

It takes courage and control 

But you start by letting go, oh 

Oh, I think, I feel, I see 

Oh, that this place is not me 

I want to belong 

But be wild and free 

Oh, he who asks 

Receives 

It's time to let your hair down 

And give yourself permission 

It takes courage and control 

But you start by letting go, oh 

It's time to let your hair down 

And give yourself permission 

Oh, it takes courage and control 

But you start by letting go, oh