Stay Safe Songtext
von Derek Webb

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