I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave Lyrics - No Closer To Heaven - The Wonder Years

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 

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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 

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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