Once, when I was younger

I thought I saw something linger

Bold white spark, some bright kicking thing

Oh, what dark reward did that vision bring

But I was young and I was headstrong

I thought life just stayed overlong

Heave a breath caught deep in my lungs

Oh, what daydream hours did I live among

And in the twilit light

When the stars were the only light

Turned to look again and it had gone

Leaving me to ponder on

The better part of bravery

Is in the letting go

Is in the letting go

So I went on, so I rambled

Through the day, through each revel

'Til it became a tale I told myself

Within each waking hour did I guard it well

And for all my holding on

I could not hold for long

When I looked again, it had flown

If only I'd sooner known

The better part of bravery

Is in the letting go

Is in the letting go

Now I am old, full of wonderings

I will not sate this quiet hungering

The things we catch, the things best left alone

And in that gloaming hour, I will homeward go

And for all my holding on

I could not hold for long

'Cause I am slipping through my fingers like a flame

The only truth that can remain

The better part of bravery

Is in the letting go

The better part of bravery

Is in the letting go

Is in the letting go

Is in the letting go

Is in the letting go