Brace Yourself Lyrics

It takes you by surprise every day

When dusk turns all colors to gray

The tide of sleep sweeps you away

Before you can brace yourself

It seeps under cracks in your doors

Gets under your skin through your pores

The subtle encroachment of war

Before you can brace yourself

Fire burns up while it warms you

And smolders after it's gone

Remember - It's not when the light goes out

It's what you do while it's on

So brace yourself

Once you made wonderful plans

Yeah, you cupped the moon in your hands

Then dropped it for daily demands

Before you could brace yourself

Fire burns up while it warms you

And smolders after it's gone

Remember - It's not when the light goes out

It's what you do while it's on

While it's on

Everyone knows

Everyone knows the light will go out

But no one knows when

No one knows when until it's too late

Don't waste your time

Stop wasting your time

A bear doesn't need to be brave

To sleep for six months in a cave

Imagine the time that you saved

When you could have braced yourself

Fire burns up while it warms you

And smolders after it's gone

Remember - It's not when the light goes out

It's what you do while it's on

Fire burns up while it warms you

And smolders after you're gone

Remember - It's not when the light goes out

It's what you do while it's on

So brace yourself

Brace yourself

Embrace yourself