No Bravery

Track 10 on I’ll Take Everything - The Platinum Collection

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This is the last song of James Blunt’s debut album Back to Bedlam. It is written about the Kosovo War while Blunt was serving there with NATO peacekeepers. It was released… Read More

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No Bravery Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There are children standing here
Arms outstretched into the sky
Tears drying on their face
He has been here
Brothers lie in shallow graves
Fathers lost without a trace
A nation blind to their disgrace
Since he's been here

[Chorus]
And I see no bravery
No bravery in your eyes anymore
Only sadness
And I see no bravery
No bravery in your eyes anymore
Only sadness
Only sadness

[Verse 2]
Houses burnt beyond repair
The smell of death is in the air
A woman weeping in despair says
He has been here
Tracers lighting up the sky
It's another families' turn to die
A child afraid to even cry out says
He has been here

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[Chorus]
And I see no bravery
No bravery in your eyes anymore
Only sadness
And I see no bravery
No bravery in you eyes anymore
Only sadness
Only sadness

[Bridge]
There are children standing here
Arms outstretched into the sky
But no one asks the question why
He has been here
Old men kneel to accept their fate
Wives and daughters cut and raped
A generation drenched in hate
Says, he has been here

[Chorus]
And I see no bravery
No bravery in your eyes any more
Only sadness
And I see no bravery
No bravery in your eyes any more
Only sadness
Only sadness

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This is the last song of James Blunt’s debut album Back to Bedlam. It is written about the Kosovo War while Blunt was serving there with NATO peacekeepers.

It was released as the fifth single in April 2006, exclusively in France. It peaked at No. 15 there. It did receive heavy airplay in the United States but was not released as a single.