Lyrics

I tried my best
But there was nothing left
Only trouble on the way
Desires and wishes
Just weren't enough
Nothing could stop the brave new day

Self-doubt was rampant
Rumors held sway
Imaginations ran around
As fear gripped the land
Many people fled
In a long line they filed down the road out of town

Well fear it can drive you
Like cattle to slaughter
Or lure you from safety
Like cool running water
But it's rarely as real as it feels
And all the more frightening for what it reveals

As days stretched to weeks
And weeks into years
The horrors expected never came
It was already here now
The brave new day
Yet everything seemed surprisingly the same

Joy came and sorrow
Success and loss
Birds still sang and crops still grew
But none of the people
Who'd left had come back
What became of them not one of us knew

We assumed they'd be looking
We feared they were lost
And for all our neighbors we pined
We decided to journey
Some miles out of town
And there we'd put a welcome sign

We nailed it together
And volunteers dragged it
Down a road that was littered with stones
But we came to a chasm
So wide and so deep
At the base lay a large pile of bones

Well fear it can drive you
Like cattle to slaughter
Or lure you from safety
Like cool running water
But it's rarely as real as it feels
And all the more frightening for what it reveals