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She's Brave Now

from Ramshackle Heart by Lach

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Lach: "On my six albums there is a recurring character who's journey I follow in songs. She's a composite of girls I knew who came to NYC in search of that show biz dream and got caught up in its darker side. I am happy to say that on Ramshackle Heart she is finally doing better.
This was the last song recorded. I had given Neil the home demo and he said we could just add a bit of percussion and it'd be done. So Caroline added drums, then it needed some bass so Neil added that, then the guitar lead lagged so i redid that, but then it needed a second acoustic melody line so Neil added that and then, of course, it needed bongos so i did that. After all of that I felt I could do the vocals better than the demo so we redid that. Ten hours later we had the song, basically it's the original home demo, just with everything replaced. Do you know the story of Grandfather's Ax?

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She's Brave Now

All tied up with a ribbon and a bow
She has earned her delicious sorrow
Carried her pain like it was precious cargo
Kept it hidden so no one could know
But she's changed all that
She's brave now

Surrounded by herself and false friends
Days wet with horror, nights that never ended
Trying to get out with so much coming in
Unable to make the slightest decision
But she's changed all that
She's brave now

That girl opened up herself to the pain inside
She’s tried to hide for so long
That girl she said goodbye to yesterday
She’s turned to face the sun
Well, come on, she's brave now

From time to time I see her face in magazines
I always check, I check to see if she looks the same
But she's changed
She's brave now

That girl opened up herself to the pain inside
She’s tried to hide for so long
That girl she said goodbye to yesterday
And turned to face the sun
Well, come on, she's brave now

That girl opened up herself to the pain inside
She’s tried to hide for so long
That girl she said goodbye to yesterday
And turned to face the sun
Well, come on, she's brave now
Yeah, come on, be brave now

credits

from Ramshackle Heart, released February 14, 2013
Lach - Vocals, Guitar, Bongos
Caroline Banks - Drums
Neil Halstead - Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass

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Lach Edinburgh, UK

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

‘Splendid! Best of it's kind!’- Mojo

‘Incredibly bright, influential, funny, poetic.’-Suzanne Vega

‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis
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