LYRIC FOR SALE

By Carolynne Wilson

Verse 1
I left with nothing but a suitcase and a prayer
Sixteen and stubborn with nowhere to go from there
Every door I knocked on told me I wasn't enough
But I kept on knocking, kept on calling their bluff

Pre-Chorus
I didn't know then what I know now
Every scar was showing me how

Chorus
It took courage, it took light
It took falling to learn how to fight
It took darkness to show me the way
It took losing to find what to say
It took courage, it took light
To become who I am tonight
It took courage
It took light

Verse 2
I played the game that everyone said to play
Smiled in the hallway, shrunk myself away
Then one morning I heard my own voice say
"You were never meant to live this way"

Pre-Chorus
I didn't break, I just bent for a while
Every wound was teaching me to smile

Chorus
It took courage, it took light
It took falling to learn how to fight
It took darkness to show me the way
It took losing to find what to say
It took courage, it took light
To become who I am tonight
It took courage
It took light

Bridge
*(spoken/half sung - gets quieter before the final explosion)*
It took every door that closed in my face
Every hand that wouldn't give me a place
Every year I waited, every tear I cried
Every time I almost gave up inside
Every single one of those moments was mine
Every single one was part of the design

(pause - then burst into final chorus)

Chant / Hook
It took courage - courage
It took light - the light
It took courage - courage
To make it right

It took courage - courage
It took light - the light
It took courage - courage
Watch me rise tonight

Final Chorus
It took courage, it took light
Every stumble, every fight
It took darkness, it took pain
It took walking through the rain
It took courage, it took light
To become who I am tonight
It took everything
It took courage
It took light

Outro (repeat and fade)
Courage... light
Courage... light
It took everything
To step into the light