Hold on,
take a chance
risking everything
in the face of fear--
I have the courage
you gave me to face it down.
I promise that even when you can't be strong,
you have my strength to lean on.
Take my hand
like you asked me to
in your childhood,
don't be afraid
because friendship
survives impossible enmity.
I understand that you hurt sometimes,
I want you to know you have someone to cry on.
And I want,
and I need,
and I tell you how I feel--
how I want to share with you
the wings you gave.
How I love
how I care,
I just want you to know I'm there,
the way that you were
always right
by me.
Hey don't worry,
don't hide yourself away like that--
you have the knowledge
to be anything,
to see a perfect life
beyond solitude and madness.
I know you think other things are more important,
but remember that sometimes you should have fun too.
I'm strong as anything,
I'm brave like
you need me to be--
I can be reliable like
you taught me to,
I can go as far as you past failure.
I think you should follow your dreams,
because it's your life after all!
And I want,
and I need,
and I tell you how I feel--
how I want to share with you
the wings you gave.
How I love
how I care,
I just want you to know I'm there,
the way that you were
always right
by me.
Sweet innocent,
I always love listening to you--
a beautiful voice is so much nicer
when it casts aside
deceit in favor
of singing its heart sincerely.
I want to be your best friend,
because I know we can share the secrets no one else could hear.
Flying higher,
farther than whatever hurts you--
catch a rainbow,
ride a star and forget
whatever hatred chases you,
find something better in knowing that you're loved.
I love you,
I love the beauty I see in your heart.
And I want,
and I need,
and I tell you how I feel--
how I want to share with you
the wings you gave.
How I love
how I care,
I just want you to know I'm there,
the way that you were
always right
by me.
Never bend down
to the memories of loneliness--
even in the darkest
shadows of yesterday
there must be
some light.
I won't ever leave you,
not to the memory of how long we needed each other.
I believe in you,
I know you can banish despair
with remembering that somewhere
behind the shroud
of mysterious tomorrow
I feel something like hope.
I swear I won't ever hurt you,
I can't ever want to abandon you and our faith.
And I want,
and I need--
Oh,
whatever you're crying for,
I'm here to help you through.
Let me tell you how I feel--
how I want to share with you
the wings you gave.
Take my hand,
I want to help you fly,
the way you taught me to.
How I love
how I care--
You know
words won't ever be made
that could say how I feel.
I just want you to know I'm there,
I want to say that I'm beside you--
Yeah,
all those adventures
in finding ourselves,
those were real.
And I so want
to be there by you,
the way that you were
always right
by me.
I'm always right
by you
like you're
by me.
~(c)2001 The Mad Poet (A.K. LaBelle)