#be small

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i’m here

My grandfather was a small man, barely five feet tall, the last born of his family, always at home in logging camps where he went up with his brothers to earn his living in winter. So much so that he took pride in having clean floors and an appetizing chicken.

My grandfather was a small man, barely five feet tall, so small and secluded on himself that he chose for his wife the most imposing and bad talktative of the village for woman. She took the place he didn’t.

My grandfather was a little man, barely five feet tall, who was so unnoticed that it was better to play the harmonica, that he had learned will lying under his bed, at dance parties, because he wasn’t dancing.

My grandfather was a small man, so small in fact that even his feet were wrong, and when the Great War came, the army refused him. So he became a man of peace.

My grandfather was a small man, so small that he couldn’t even have children, he would have loved so much, so he saved a baby from death and adopted it. He was my father.

My grandfather was a little man, who walked very slowly on his little feet, but he always walked and thus always went further.

My grandfather was such a small man that he could walk under the hate when he was mocked. So he could go headfirst to help others and do the right thing.

My grandfather changed the world one small step at a time, so much so that at his funeral, thousands of people came to thank him, even though he was such a small man.

Falling by Here We Go Magic from Be Small (2015)

I give a little Into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know) That no one's gonna turn me 'round Just one more step, I could let go

Oh and in the middle, I hear the voices and they're calling for me now (I know) And nothing's gonna wake me now 'Cause I'm a slave to the sound

And they're calling, Don't stop, no, I'll never give up And I'll never look back, just hold your head up And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough They keep saying Don't stop, no it's never enough I'll never look back, never give up And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough

But now I'm falling, falling, falling

Now we're going down, And I can feel the eyes are watching us so closely oh I'm trying not to make a sound 'Cause I'll be found out somehow

So keep calling, Don't stop, no, I'll never give up And I'll never look back, just hold your head up And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough They keep saying Don't stop, no it's never enough I'll never look back, never give up And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough

But now I'm falling Into the fire feeling higher than the truth (I'm falling) I can feel the heat but I'm not burning (But now I'm falling) Feeling desire, feeling tired, hungry too (I'm falling) Feels like I'm falling, yeah I can hear them calling (I'm falling)