Life was a stage for my clean reputation The people I knew were so tedious The daily exchange of the same salutations felt so untrue and overdone And then you came along Like the first sight of dawn And my heart had someone to trust I was safe To say what I want, and be anyone I wanted to I was brave for the first time at all Because there in your arms I knew Our love was a play, a perfect illusion You built me up to tear me down Left me alone in a sea of confusion with nothin to cling to but my own doubts I was trapped in a phase a dark lonely place With no light to guide me out So I stayed Because all that I knew was the shelter of you and our brokenness Every day I questioned the sky, askin what I had to give to feel safe Then my words opened up A tunnel of love To travel through And it took me some time To stop looking behind But away from you I'm someone new I'm safe Safe in my skin Safe from the wind In your hurricane Now I'm brave Brave on my own The strength that I hold Is in a place I keep safe