Brave

Great song this. Inspiring. And a great video too - of everyday people being brave.

In English, we have a saying, which is"fortune favours the brave"

This means that it is the brave people who get good merit. This is very true about becoming a fluent speaker and writer of English. You need to be brave. Believe in yourself. Take risks.

Listen to the song and read the lyrics below. Can you understand the meaning of the phrases, words and idioms in red? You can use a dictionary to help you.

You can be amazing You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug You can be the outcast Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love Or you can start speaking up Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do And they settle 'neath your skin Kept on the inside and no sunlight Sometimes a shadow wins But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I wanna see you be brave

Everybody's been there,

Everybody's been stared down by the enemy Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing Bow down to the mighty Don't run, stop holding your tongue Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live Maybe one of these days you can let the light in Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence Won't do you any good Did you think it would? Let your words be anything but empty Why don't you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly, I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you

I just wanna see you

I just wanna see you

See you be brave

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