Braced
Embracing the Inevitable: Nick Chiodras' Reflection on Loss and Resilience
Lyrics
We'll look back on these times
We will reflect on these moments
Fading off into antiquity
Fading away into the distant past
Vanquished just out of reach
Defeated, just out of grasp
This dying light laying just beyond
This fading light lies just beyond
I'll find it
I will discover it
Someday soon
Sometime in the near future
We'll have it
We will attain it
From the outside looking in I'm getting by
Observing from the outside, I am managing
Collecting every thought don't make you wise
Gathering every thought doesn't make you wise
I had a plan, I had a simple plan
I had a plan, a simple plan
I saw it fall right through my hand
I watched it slip through my fingers
The sun
The sun has set
Is set
The moon is emerging
The moon is coming out
I think I'll wait here for now
I think I'll wait here
For the present moment
For now
At least I'm ready for the worst
Least I'm prepared for the worst
Not blinded by pride
Not like I'm blinded by pride
At least I'm prepared for the fall
At least I'm braced for the fall
It will arrive someday
It'll be here someday
You will see
You'll see
What
What
I
I
Knew
Knew
To be true
To be true
Now it's gone
Now it's gone
It will return
It'll come back
Helios and his chariot
Helios and his chariot
Speeding across the sky
Making a mad dash across the sky
Straight through the ground to rise back up in a day
Straight through the ground to rise back up in a day
And with a prism he collides
And with a prism he collides
It's shattered
It's shattered
All light now is scattered
All light now
To realize I'm in a loophole with myself
Is scattered
Believing I need somebody else
To find out I'm in a loophole with myself
I'm just a man, just a human man
By thinking that I need somebody else
Too weak sometimes just to stand
I'm just a man, I'm just a human man
With you
Too weak sometimes just to stand
Or even
With you
On my own two legs
Or even
And I'm collapsing
On my own two legs
Again
And I'm collapsing
At least I'm ready for the worst
Again
Not blinded by pride
Least I'm prepared for the worst
At least I'm prepared for the fall
Not like I'm be blinded by pride
It will arrive soon, and you'll see
At least I'm braced for the fall
What
It'll be here soon and you'll see
I
What
Knew
I
To be true
Knew
But it's gone
To be true
It will return
But it's gone
It'll come back
It'll come back
It will return
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