Chorus Of Courage - Sheilds

{Verse 1}
You used to try to do what you’d think
They thought they’d want you to
But do you think that they would do the same for you?
You held your breath, you held the thread
You held that shield over your head
Now you’re holding up the torch, instead

{Verse 2}
When I think about all that you’ve been through
When I think of what they did to you
I’m amazed you’re standing here anew
You do what you have to
To let down your shield
To let down your shield
Yeah, you do what you have to
To let down your shield
To let down your shield

{Verse 3}
I never felt I had to fight for the inaliеnable right
To live whatevеr kind of life I choose
But you, you had to burn, you had to turn
You had to teach, had to unlearn
Now it seems they brought the fire to you

{Verse 4}
‘Cause when you stand up and refuse to take anymore abuse
From man, from government, from you
Yeah, you do what you have to
To lift up your shield
To lift up your shield
Yeah, you do what you had to
To lift up your shield
To lift up your shield
To lift up your shield
To lift up your shield

{Chorus}
Everybody’s got a sheild they use
It’s made up of every cut, and every bruise
It protects us for a little while
But we have to take the armor off
Before we let it sink us down

{Guitar solo}

{Verse 5}
We can only try to do what we think the spirit wants us to
And I think your spirit wants you to be bold
You held your story in the light
And as I’m reading it tonight
Think of all the ones that go untold
We do what we have to
To lift up our shield
To lift up our shield
Yeah, we do what we have to
To lift up our shield
To lift up our shield
To lift up our shield
To lift up our shield

{Chorus}
Everybody’s got a sheild they use
It’s made up of cut, and every bruise
It protects us for a little while
But we have to take the armor off
Before we let it sink us down

Everybody’s got a sheild they use
It’s made up of every cut, and every bruise
It protects us when the arms fly
But we have to take the armor off
Before we let it sink us down

{Outro}
Before the armor sinks us down