Let Me Be Brave - President Romana (Original Trock)

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Back when it aired, I set myself the goal of writing a song for every episode of Series 9. I'm still nowhere near finished, and I've completely given up on doing them in any kind of order, but I was rewatching 'Face the Raven' the other month and this just had to be written.

You'll notice that Twelve's theme slips in at 3:06, this time as a duet between the Doctor and Clara. It crept in entirely organically, and helped me realise the parallels between their relationship in 'Deep Breath' and that in 'Face the Raven', both with Clara facing the decision of leaving the Doctor for good.

Lyrics:

I always thought I'd run with you forever,
I'd always kept my pace with you somehow,
And when I tripped and fell I'd do exactly as you do,
Just laugh it off, pick myself back up off the ground.
You always say we humans fall and shatter,
Can't prove you wrong - the damage is now done...
That's the truth, and now it's time to face the consequences,
It's time to face the raven, and there's nowhere left to run.

Let me be brave,
Let me brave,
It's my time for standing tall, and I need to face the raven.
Don't insult my memory,
Be a Doctor for me,
Fly away and save all those worlds you need to save.

I always thought you were the most courageous,
Always running reckless all the bloody time,
But have you ever bravely faced the certainty
That you're about to lose your one and only life?

Please Doctor, let me be brave,
Let me be brave,
It's my time for standing tall, and I need to face the raven.
Don't insult my memory,
Be a Doctor for me,
Fly away and save all those worlds you need to save.

[Clara, listen,]
You will soon be on your own,
[Please don't leave me here alone.]
This time must come for everyone,
I tried so hard to be like you,
This is where it's led me to.

So stay in here, I'll shut the door behind me,
This is as brave as I know how to be,
And Doctor, though I know that this will hurt you, won't you please
Find it in your stubborn hearts to be a little proud of me?

Let me be brave,
Let me brave,
It's my time for standing tall, and I need to face the raven.
Don't insult my memory,
Be a Doctor for me,
Fly away and save all those worlds you need to save,
All those worlds you need to save.

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