Uploaded June 2011 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago

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This Spadecaller video features Matt Andersen's song, Bold and Beaten, the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, and visual arts and photography by artist, Matthew Schwartz.

LYRICS:

AS I STRAY OUT ON MY OWN
BECOME A STRANGER TO MYSELF
WALK AWAY FROM ALL I OWN
PUT MY LIFE ONTO A SHELF

I'M ALONE, BUT I'M NOT LONLEY
I'VE GOT FRIENDS EVERYWHERE I GO
I'VE GOT A HOUSE, BUT STILL NO HOME
I TAKE SHELTER IN MY SONGS

I'VE BEEN BOLD AND I'VE BEEN BEATEN
I'VE COME AHEAD AND I'VE LOST
EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN GIVEN
HAS BEEN WORTH THE PAIN IT COSTS

THERE'S A LIE BEHIND MY SMILE
A TRUTH THAT CAN'T BE TOLD
IT'S A, LOAD, THAT I CAN'T SHARE
SO I CARRY THAT LOAD ON MY OWN

I'VE BEEN BOLD AND I'VE BEEN BEATEN
I'VE COME AHEAD AND I'VE LOST
EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN GIVEN
HAS BEEN WORTH THE PAIN IT COSTS

I'VE GOT A LOVE, THAT CAN'T BE LOVED
A LOVE THAT CAN'T BE HELD
IT'S A LOVE THAT TORTURES ME
THAT WITHOUT MY LIFE IS HELL

I'VE BEEN BOLD AND I'VE BEEN BEATEN
I'VE COME AHEAD AND I'VE LOST
EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN GIVEN
HAS BEEN WORTH THE PAIN IT COSTS