Stay Safe

It does not require bravery

To face the world as I am

Between assumption and reality

I’m an ordinary man

But, I see you weighing life and death

Every day in your skin

You’re just fighting for integrity

The outside matching what’s within

And I’m with you in the fight

But my heart can’t bear to count the costs

For you to stay safe out in the open

I want you free but I need you alive

You gotta stay safe wherever you’re going

If I just can’t be by your side

As you dance upon the razor wire

Still beautiful by any name

Oh, don’t be fearful of that dizzy height

But watch your footing just the same

‘Cause in your body politic

Just breathing in and out is like an act of war

So please stay safe out in the open

I want you free but I need you alive

You gotta stay safe wherever you’re going

If I just can’t be by your side

I could never love you more than this

Whether a daughter or a son

‘Cause you’re ten times the man I’ll ever be

As the woman you’ve become

But could you stay safe out in the open

I want you free but I need you alive

You gotta stay safe wherever you’re going

If I just can’t be by your side