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Genre
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#1,846 in subgenre
Peak #54
Charts
Peak #679
Author
Alan
Rights
2014
Uploaded
February 04, 2014
Track Files
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MP3 10.0 MB • 320 kbps • 4:23
Story behind the song
Real life events in my world. First love and loss and all that jazz.
Lyrics
VERSE 1
We took flying lessons, she was only 18
I was a couple years older, a couple years colder
I'd let her stand up on my shoulders so she could feel tall
She was a short girl, but somehow she made up my whole world
Sky's the limit I said, she hung on every word
Said we'd fly someday, with real wings like real birds
I said okay, gave her a kiss, told her that I'd miss her
Til we saw each other next, she rested her head upon my chest
Little did I know she dreamed of angels more than I did
I'd rub her back and feel the wings pushing out from inside it
We went hang-gliding, closest we could get to the real thing
After all, we were just human beings
But there was a gleam in her eye, a spark of the divine
She had a higher calling, I had nightmares of myself falling
Guess I wasn't supposed to be flying with her
The last time I kissed her, was when I told her I'd forever miss her
VERSE 2
She could not stay, said she had to venture out to the other coast,
But I was afraid, because I could not follow
I had built a life here, born and raised, in church I had spent most of my days
Trying to find what I finally saw in those eyes
I'd stare into the windows of her soul like an old man drugged up staring at a tree from inside the nursing home,
One day she finally said enough, she was tired of walking
And her feet had grown tough and weary
She pulled the wingtips from her coccyx, expanded them all the way, started flapping
I wish I just had another day,
I was jealous and angry 'cause I could not fly with her,
Knew where she was going she would find somebody better
She said that we could keep in touch, keep it on the status quo but long distance,
I could not handle it, paranoia crept in, 'cause I had cheated,
Figured that she would do the same,
Letting her go, biggest mistake I ever made
VERSE 3
Now I'm alone, been trying to find replacements,
But the pain from the memory is perpetually adjacent,
I guess other women can feel my anguish,
That's why they walk away before I even have a chance to tell them what my name is,
I sent letters to heaven, she sent a couple back,
Always telling me to move on, that I'll find the things I lack,
But she doesn't get it, when she left she had happiness waiting
I was left alone, everything had been taken
Not just her, my best friends at the time stabbed me in the back, Watched me bleed, called me a crazy quack,
My friend kicked me out of his home because I forgot to do the dishes and water the lawn,
And all my belongings were stolen and my social life sang its swan song
Lost my job, had to move back to Mama's with 2 outfits and a box of books,
Walking away I could feel the looks of hate,
I took a year away from here, only to come back after
Hurting so much I wanted to get a rope and etch my name into the rafters
OUTRO
I started once again, on the path I strayed so far from
But this time, I'm not doing it for the bright lights and stardom,
I'm doing it for me, to find another heaven elsewhere
'Cause I went back to her old house and there was no one left there
Now I write, happy days I've found once again,
Constantly surrounded by my loved ones and friends
If you've ever lost anyone that meant something to you
I challenge you to find the silver linings and pull through
'Cause I've lived in the lowest places and bottom fed myself like a prawn
3 years later is when I wrote this song
They say its almost darkest before the dawn
Kick back and watch the sunrise
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