I Can't Fly

Staggering along with the same
Thoughts I always have
Buzzing in my head
As I feel trapped
Here

And if you love me
You have to let me go

If I fail
If it all goes wrong
Then I guess it was all pretend
A game I never understood
But can't keep playing here

You can cling
To
Me
Hug me all you like
But my body will eventually grow cold

My mind has already been made
It's not for you to change
Though you try
And you'll fight
But I can't
Fly
Here
Here I'm all alone
By your design
And...making...

I need to try
To make my own path from this
And if I fail
At least I'll have a taste
Of a little life away
From here

Staying far from this topic
Because it stings
And
You try to say I'm not alone
But I can't
Fly
Here
You keep my wings clipped short
And you don't let go
And I'm so...
Scared
Here

Wonderland keeps changing
Because you keep chaining
Me
I'm so alone
Sheltered under this here stone
And I need to run from
This
I need to run...

Twisting hearts and queens
And kittens and diamonds
To my liking
While my body dies around me
And my mind and heart go cold
As I do as I'm told

You never could believe
In
Fairies
Tales too tall can never
Stand
Here

Dreams of measuring up
To these endeavors
Have never been able to include you
Because you lost your
Wings so long ago

But just this once I need to ask you
To believe in fairies
Because if you don't
I may take too long
To ever fly
Just...once...

I know you don't approve
Of these endeavors
Wonderland never quite made it
To your
Head

You'd much rather see a storm
In a single rain drop
Each time I sought approval I was
Simply turned a...side...

Trying to find confidence
When you stole it all away
Before my body can decay
And I have nothing left to give
Because you take it all
And you just watch while I
Fall

I just wanted
To have a chance
To try and make reality meet
My dreams and

I just want to do
Everything I love
But I can't do that here
Because I can't
Fly
Here

I am all alone

And I can't
Die
Here

Strapped down to this town
Painted smiles
I'm the clown

No

I'd be a fool
Here
A heartsick fool to stay

While the light of the second star
Calls
Or down the rabbit hole
I'll go
Through a pumpkin door
Or a wardrobe
A flicking swish of a magic wand

I just can't
Stay
Here

And if I fail
At least I'll know I tried

And if I fall

Well

At least that will mean I've flown