Hold Your Nerve

It fell apart just as it began, in a flash of defiance

You would take the initiative but the rest was mine

Undermanned now to understand what a free fall can feel like

You became but a fabled dream that would blur in time

But arrest this heart

'Cause sometimes a spark you know how sweet the glow

That kicks you off your line

Hold your nerve

I was not right

I was bent out

And still left on show

Waiting all that

Time in anguish

Now had left me broke

Is this the sound of a moving ground or the echoes of self-doubt

I found the wine for some peace of mind but I still can't eat

To meditate on a shifting sand takes steadfast and sure feet

You became but a fabled dream that would stir in time

But arrest this heart

'Cause sometimes the spark you know, how sweet the glow

That kicks you off your line

Hold your nerve

I was not right

I was bent out

And still left on show

Waiting all that

Time in anguish

Now had left me broke

When you called me

I was anxious

And I felt exposed

But if all this

Might be worth it

Then I had to know

I'm not angry

For the time lost

That's the turning wheel

But I knew then

And I know now

It was justified

Baby, all that

Sweet connection

Sometimes takes it's time