Hide Your Crown

It's getting late,
Down by the fireside.
There's no mistake,
The wild in your eyes.
So just be brave,
And don't look down.
Don't save face,
And hide your crown.

So get on up,
When you've been let down.
Your wind's knocked out.
Who'll save you now?
I don't know if you're right,
But you're gonna win.
You'll die trying,
We're all born in sin.

It's getting bright,
And dawn is breaking.
Your heart is ours,
For the taking.
So set aside,
What you ever wanted.
You've been brought down,
Destroyed and hunted.

It seems there's more to lose than to gain.
The queen's been marred, scarred, and slain.
And it all feels like you're insane.
It's a state of mind.
There's no shame.

Just be brave,
And don't look down.
Don't save face,
And hide your crown.
So get on up,
When you've been let down.
Your wind's knocked out.
Who'll save you now?

I couldn't sleep the other night and before I knew it there was a tune playing in my head. So I start humming, and then words started forming and I started singing. At 2 a.m. I picked up my pen and started writing in my bed with a scrap of paper and flashlight. This is what I created. I hope you like it.

It can represent you or me, our children, friends, or neighbors. Because really we all have our own problems, our own trails. Sometimes the wind is taken out of you. Sometimes if feels like the world has turned against you and that you are all alone. Sometimes it feels like you are being destroyed and other people just laugh and stare and leave you to die, because it doesn't effect them, so they don't care. And sometimes you do have to save yourself. Sometimes only you can get yourself back up.

Don't look down. Don't save face. And don't hide your crown. Don't let them take it away. Get up and stand for what is yours, for what you believe, for strangers, or the people you love, and for what is right. Even if you are the only one.