In a village built of whispers, painted soft in morning light, Lived a girl who feared the shadows that her thoughts would bring at night. Oh, her mind was always running, faster than her heartbeat grew— This is the tale of Wise Young Else… and the courage she never knew. I stand at the window, watching days drift by, Trying to hold back the questions that echo in the sky. My heart is a lantern flickering, afraid to shine too bright— I keep drowning in my thinking, scared of wrong, scared of right. Too many thoughts for one small heart, Too many fears tearing me apart. If I could breathe a world brand new— Would I finally know what to do? Down she walks into the cellar, Dust and shadows all around… And above her hangs an axe there— frozen still without a sound. What if it falls? What if it breaks? What if it shatters all our dreams it takes? What if the future’s waiting for sorrow— What if today destroys tomorrow? She fears the fall before it comes, She hears the beat of phantom drums! No one sees the storm inside me, No one feels the weight I bear. I’m screaming out in silent thunder, But no one knows it's even there. Oh Else, our Else, why do you fear the unseen sky? Because the darkness feels so real— More real than hopes that pass me by! They tell me stories of your sorrow, but I see fire in your eyes. A heart that feels so deep is precious— a rare and brilliant kind of wise. You don’t know the world I’m fighting, all the shadows in my mind… Then let me walk with you through darkness, until the sun decides to shine. Rewrite the fear, rewrite the night, Take my hand—together we’ll rewrite the light. If love is strong, then we can start to heal the storms inside your heart. One morning I rose with the sunrise glow, I felt a whisper saying: go. Beyond the gate the world was wide— and fear grew quiet at my side. Run, young Else, into the morning, Run into a brighter sound! Let the courage born inside you shake the earth and shake the ground! For every step I dared to take, a piece of me began to wake— and in the light of day I found a life that waited to be found! So listen now to Wise Young Else, who feared the world she longed to choose. Her footsteps echo truth forever: We all can win the fights we lose. A heart that dares to wander far will find its place, its guiding star! And every shadow born of thinking fades the moment we move on— For the bravest light in all the world is the one we shine at dawn!
