Hold Your Nerve

It fell apart just as it began

In a flash of defiance

You won't 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 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

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 its time