BookSong for The Great Dempseys – Brianna MacMahon
“Not Theirs to Take”
Lyrics, Music, and Production by BookSong/Speak Up Talk Radio
I walked through halls I didn’t choose
Among the ones who never lose
You wore the weight of all their names
And played along in silent games
We met between the lines and looks
Outside the pages in our books
And though the world was laced with lies,
We saw the truth behind the guise
They say we don’t belong, we know what’s true,
They never felt the way we do
The Great Dempseys wrote your part
But not the rhythm of your heart
You changed the script, you broke the spell
And found a truth they’d never tell
I spoke the words he couldn’t say
He kept me close, then looked away
His world was glass, and lined with gold
But none of that could make him whole
Their gilded world was dressed in lies
Their secrets hid behind disguise
The more they fought to guard their name
The more we stayed — and felt the flame
They say we don’t belong, we know what’s true,
They never felt the way we do
The Great Dempseys wrote your part
But not the rhythm of your heart
You changed the script, you broke the spell
And found a truth they’d never tell
You came from power, I from grace
They said our love could not keep pace
But what we hold, no doubt can shake
This love is ours — not theirs to break
Not theirs to shape
Not theirs to take
This love is ours
Not theirs to break
Get your own song about your book.
