Brave Enough – English Lyrics

• By: Lindsey Stirling, Christina Perri
• Album: Brave Enough

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the power of vulnerability and emotional honesty through Lindsey Stirling and Christina Perri's 'Brave Enough.' This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn English by exploring heartfelt lyrics that touch on universal themes of love, loss, and courage. The clear and emotive vocals of Christina Perri make the lyrics easy to follow, while the song's moving backstory adds a deeper layer of meaning to your language learning journey.

[English]

There's something I should've said

I was too afraid

It was just so hard to let you know

And now it's all too late

What we had was beautiful

I didn't wanna wreck it all

Every day I think about the truth

I wish I was...

I wish I was...

Brave enough to love you

Brave enough to love you

I wish I was...

I wish I was...

Brave enough to love you

Brave enough, brave enough

Brave enough to love you

...

You stripped away the walls I built

But no one ever has

The hardest parts we'll never know

If we were meant to last

What we had was beautiful

I didn't wanna wreck it all

Every day I think about the truth

I wish I was...

I wish I was...

Brave enough to love you

Brave enough to love you

I wish I was...

I wish I was...

Brave enough to love you

Brave enough, brave enough

Brave enough to love you

...

Brave enough to love you

Brave enough to love you

I wish I was...

I wish I was...

Brave enough to love you

Brave enough, brave enough

Brave enough to love you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ B1	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ A2	adjective - pleasing to the senses or mind
wreck /rɛk/ B2	verb - to damage or destroy something badly noun - a destroyed or badly damaged vehicle or structure in water
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the real facts or reality
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection or attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
brave /breɪv/ B1	adjective - showing courage, not afraid of danger
walls /wɔːlz/ A2	noun - structures that surround or divide a space
build /bɪld/ B1	verb - to construct or create something
manage /ˈmænɪdʒ/ B2	verb - to control or be in charge of something
last /læst/ A2	verb - to continue for a certain period

Key Grammar Structures

• I was too afraid

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'was' for state of being

  ➔ Used to describe a past emotional state or condition.

• What we had was beautiful

  ➔ Past tense with 'had' + 'was' to describe a past state

  ➔ Expresses that something existed or was true in the past.

• I wish I was...

  ➔ Subjunctive mood expressing a wish or unreal reality

  ➔ Used to express a wish or regret about a different reality or situation.

• Brave enough to love you

  ➔ Adjective phrase with 'enough' to indicate sufficiency

  ➔ Shows the degree of courage or capacity needed to perform an action.

• No one ever has

  ➔ Negative present perfect tense with 'has' to indicate experience

  ➔ Expresses that nobody has experienced or done something up to now.

• Every day I think about the truth

  ➔ Simple present tense to express habitual actions or thoughts

  ➔ Indicates a repeated or habitual action or ongoing thought process.

• It was just so hard to let you know

  ➔ Infinitive phrase 'to let you know' as the purpose or result

  ➔ Used to express the difficulty or challenge involved in an action.