Keep You Safe Lyrics - The Crane Wives

When I was a child, 

my nerves ran wild 

when I watched my friends rise to the tops of the trees 

The risk of fall-- 

I never climbed at all 

Every day I told myself "I'm not ready" 

My daddy always said 

"Nothing worth doing comes easy" 

Time is not your friend, 

Time is not your remedy 

No amount of waiting will make, make you brave 

No amount of fear will keep you 

No amount of fear will keep you safe 

The older I get, 

The more fears I collect 

I gather them from all the people I meet 

Their stories reveal 

Regrets their smiles can't conceal 

I carry them, I carry them with me 

My daddy always said 

"Nothing worth doing comes easy" 

Time is not your friend, 

Time is not your remedy 

No amount of waiting will make, make you brave 

No amount of fear will keep you 

No amount of fear will keep you safe 

What if the steps I take 

Turn out to be mistakes? 

How can somebody like me 

Learn to say "come what may"? 

Come what may 

Come what may 

Come what may 

My daddy always said 

"Nothing worth doing comes easy" 

Time is not your friend, 

Time is not your remedy 

No amount of waiting will make, make you brave 

No amount of fear will keep you 

No amount of fear will keep you safe