Brave Hands - Head North

Believed that I was made from frail and broken things

And I’m scared that’s all I’ll be

I fell hard to the ground as a child and cut up my knee

Saw my father’s blood as it poured out

The first gift I ever received

I felt it sting and the spit of the sea

As the waves rose up to comfort me

And they said, so softly

«You don’t have to feel alone like this

Come inside, let us take you»

It’s too late to forgive

What’s done is done

I’ll leave and forget

I hope you pay for what you did

You gave me my name

Just a spark that’s spit out from forever’s flame

With a grudge and a note that’s attached to our family’s blood

That says, «I tried so hard to be a good man

I tried so hard to get it right

I tried so hard to be better than my father

Give you a better life than mine»

And I dreamed that I’d be met with brave and loving hands

They’d set me free from who I’d been

Make me at peace with who I am

You said you’d stay, but they dug a hole

I wish I forgave you before we lost your soul

Believed that I was made from frail and broken things

And I’m scared that’s all I’ll be