Dancing in the Minefields

Well, I was 19, you were 21 The year we got engaged And everyone said we were much too young But we did it anyway We got the rings for 40 each from a pawn shop down the road We said our vows and took the leap now 15 years ago We went dancing in the minefields We went sailing in the storms It was harder than we dreamed but I believe that's what the promise is for Well, "I do" are the two most famous last words The beginning of the end But to lose your life for another, I've heard Is a good place to begin 'Cause the only way to find your life is to lay your own life down And I believe it's an easy price for the life that we have found And we're dancing in the minefields (Don't give up on) We're sailing in the storms (Don't give up on) This is harder than we dreamed but I believe that's what the promise is for (Don't give up on) That's what the promise is for So when I lose my way Find me And when I lose love's chains Bind me At the end of all my faith To the end of all my days When I forget my name Remind me 'Cause we bear the light of the Son of Man So there's nothing left to fear So I'll walk with you in the shadow lands 'Til the shadows disappear 'Cause He promised not to leave us and His promises are true So in the face of all this chaos, baby, I can dance with you So let's go dancing in the minefields (Don't give up on) Let's go sailing in the storms (Don't give up on) Oh, let's go dancing in the minefields (Don't give up on) And kicking down the doors (Don't give up on) Oh, let's go dancing in the minefields (Don't give up on) And sailing in the storms Oh, this is harder than we dreamed but I believe That's what the promise is for That's what the promise is for When we were putting together this song for this new album "Counting Stars" I realise that a lot of these songs end up being songs about Community and churching, family and places, you know, and- And so when I realise when it was happening Ah, I remember this song that've been wrote like Probably eight, nine years ago, something like that Eh, about his growing family, he- Eh, he has four kids now That time he didn't have any kids but he Wrote the song kinda when in dissipation of the family that was Blooming in his life and- And so he wrote, this is a blessing on his children And I ask him if I can put this on the album Thereby removing the blessing from his children And played, sing on my own