Amel Larrieux Bravebird Lyrics

Bravebird Lyrics

In a land far away where the sun doesn't spare a soul 

and a twisted tradition has a girl in a strangle hold 

Lies a desert with the footprints 

of little girls with a secret 

of a pain 

that you and I could never know 



Little feet running fast as they can like the bird in flight 

through days of sand with a fire in the sky 

And through indigo nights 

she runs away from a life spent 

Being witness to other unwilling participants 

of a pain 

that you and I will never know 



[Chorus] 



Your'e a bravebird (bravebird) 

of the rarest kind (kind) 

You may be one of the walking wounded 

but still you fly 



You're a bravebird (bravebird) 

you put yourself on the line 

When you shared your secret with the world 

You saved another mother's child 



As she speaks, you can tell that the 

words are not easy to say 

They hold the power to transport her back to that impossible day 

but she hasn't any regrets 

cuz' she won't become a woman with a secret 

of a pain 

that you and I could never know 

you and I could never know 

you and I could never know 



[Chorus]