[INTRO] [VERSE 1] The morning spits its headlines through the glass, Another war, another face behind a mask. The traffic crawls like blood through concrete veins, While sirens stitch the night with rusty chains. My coffee's cold, the ceiling's coming down, I've worn a dozen different faces through this town. There's a bird asleep beneath my ribcage bones, Still beating wings against a tomb of its own. [PRE-CHORUS] If I could tear the roof away, I'd leave this gravity today. No hands to hold me, no ground to trust, Just open sky and all this rust. [CHORUS] I wanna fly above the noise, Where all your thunder loses voice. Where every king is just a dot, And all the things we fight against - rot. Let the wind unwrite my name, Let the clouds conceal my shame. I'll watch this world from out of reach But there's a war inside of me. [VERSE 2] From up here, borders look like pencil lines, And towers shrink beneath the warning signs. The men who sell us heaven count their gold, While children learn which stories not to hold. I see the streets where I've lost my way, The doors I slammed, the words I couldn't say. I thought that distance could erase the view, But every road below leads back to you. [PRE-CHORUS] The higher up, the less I hear, The quieter the world appears. But every mile between the ground and me Can't cut the wires beneath my wings. [CHORUS] I wanna fly above the noise, Where all your thunder loses voice. Where every king is just a dot, And all the things we fight against - rot. Let the wind unwrite my name, Let the clouds conceal my shame. I'll watch this world from out of reach But there's a war inside of me. [BRIDGE] Maybe the sky was never meant to save me, Maybe the ground is where I'm meant to stand. I've spent my life cursing the weight that made me, With clenched-up fists and a map I never planned. The clouds part ways. The city starts to shine. For once, its broken edges fall in line. And all the things that looked too big to bear Are still down there - but I can't breathe up here. [BREAKDOWN] CUT THE STRINGS! I'M NOT YOUR PUPPET IN THE SKY! BURN THE MAP! I'M DONE WITH ASKING MYSELF WHY! NO MORE KINGS INSIDE MY HEAD! NO MORE WORDS I NEVER SAID! I CAN FLY - BUT I CAN'T OUTRUN MYSELF! [FINAL CHORUS] I flew above the noise, Let the wind return my voice. Every king was just a dot, But every wound was what I brought. Let the wind remember my name, I don't need to hide my shame. I've seen this world from out of reach Now I'll change what I can reach. I wanna fly above the noise, Not to escape, but to make a choice. The sky won't heal what's left in me But now I know what I need to see. [OUTRO] The ground comes closer, the engines die. The rooftops rise to meet the sky. I fold my wings. I face the street. The world below still bears its teeth. I won't pretend that I'll be fine. But this time, the next step's mine.
