".. We're holding in our hands, keys to the Promised Land, concealed in jars of clay, but Love will find a way. It's all becoming clear, we're laughing through the tears, as Love comes through.."
Butterfly Island is a musical story, setting out to display something of the human condition. It poses 'the questions of life in song' from early childhood to t
Butterfly Island is a musical story, setting out to display something of the human condition.
It poses 'the questions of life in song' from early childhood to the 'sunset years', as each generation moves slowly but surely towards the finishing line ...
Story behind the song
Be Brave
Taken from 'The Butterfly Island Story' - Chapter 3 / Scene 5
This song takes us to the 'point of new birth' (and Resurrection) as the butterflies start to emerge from their coccoons and begin to spread their wings ready for their very first flight into freedom. Caterpillars cannot fly, they can only fall. They have therefore had to change quite radically in order to come this far. For quite some time it was not at all certain or guaranteed that they would change. These caterpillars would have had to face a kind of 'living death' and be instrumental in their own 'burial' and incarceration. Only then could 'metamorphosis' take place out of sight and in secret, before they would begin their final struggle to break free into the light, towards a new life and a new freedom which would far outstrip anything they could have ever experienced before. Nancy and her Lover have now become butterflies. As they are re-born and come out into the sunlight we hear them singing, "we're holding in our hands, keys to the 'promised land', concealed in jars of clay, but love will find a way, it's all becoming clear, we're laughing through the tears, as Love comes through..!" The 'Miracle of life' has indeed taken place once again on "Butterfly Island"...
Lyrics
Be Brave (Love comes through)
Be brave, it's time to take our chances
Be brave, you know we must be strong
Reach out, it’s time to make advances
We can surely touch what we have waited for so long.
But I need to feel your arms around me,
Right now, I need security
To know, that your love surrounds me
There’s no place in this whole world
That I would rather be.
Do you believe we can walk upon water?
It’s an answer few can really know
It’s the same, for all our sons and daughters
They look to what the future holds,
(So) tell them how the story goes -
"We're holding in our hands,
Keys to the Promised Land
Concealed in jars of clay
But love will find a way"
It’s all becoming clear
We’re laughing through the tears
As love comes through.
Be brave, hold on to your desire,
Faint hearts melt in the mid-day sun,
Stand straight, when you’re walking on the wire
Though your heart missed a beat afraid of all that is to come
I’m sure, the rain will soon be falling,
Storm clouds will gather in the sky
A time of liberation’s coming
As young birds learn to leave their nest
Start learning how to fly.
Do I remind you of a son
Or a daughter you know ?
Trying to go with the flow
But I get vertigo
My body spins like a top
I won’t stop ‘til I drop
I need a key to get in
I don’t know where to begin
So I knock at your door
I bang my head on the floor
I've lost the plot and the flow
Like some kid’s TV show
So now the moment has come
Yes I’ve got to decide
If I'm gonna be a quitter
Or I’m going for the prize
Am I gonna be brave
Or end up being a slave
Start walking on the water
Or regret it to the grave
Not all the boys in the city
Will end up sitting pretty
And the girls in the corner
Won’t be doing what they oughta
Gotta face the facts
It's just me and you
So come out into the light
And let Love come through !
Baby, baby please don’t go,
I love you much more than you know
So let’s give Love a chance to grow
(Oh I know) you’ve got to be brave
And I have waited for so long
I’ve come so far to sing this song
I want you back where you belong
(Yes I know) You’ve got to be brave
Say it loud and say it clear
Say the words I long to hear
“I’m so in love with you my dear”
(Yes you know) You’ve got to be brave
Our dreams were planted long ago
The rains will fall, they’ll start to grow
And we will reap what we have sown
(But ‘til then) You’ve got to be brave
