Take Flight

Verse 1 I shed a skin I used to know, Left it folded by the door. I don’t answer to the shadow That I don’t live in anymore. You can whisper, “You’ve been changing,” Like it’s something I should hide. But the moon don’t ask permission When she turns the ocean tide. Pre-Chorus I was never meant to stay In a cage that knew my name. If I’m burning brighter now, Don’t confuse it with a flame. Chorus I’m transforming, let me rise, Let the old me say goodbye. You can say I changed all you want, That’s what we’re supposed to do in life. If my wings are too much light, If this growth is too much height, If my transformation’s one you can’t hold— Then take flight. Take flight. Verse 2 I won’t shrink to make you comfortable, Won’t crawl back in my cocoon. I was buried in the darkness Just to bloom beneath the moon. Every scar became a doorway, Every tear became a stream. I’m not losing who I was, I’m becoming who I dreamed. Pre-Chorus So don’t mourn the girl I left, She was tired, she was bruised. I thank her for surviving, But I’m not her anymore to use. Chorus I’m transforming, let me rise, Let the old me say goodbye. You can say I changed all you want, That’s what we’re supposed to do in life. If my wings are too much light, If this growth is too much height, If my transformation’s one you can’t hold— Then take flight. Take flight. Bridge I am feather, I am thunder, I am root and I am sky. I am everything I lost Coming back to me alive. I won’t beg you to believe me, I won’t dim to be polite. Love me in my becoming, Or bless me as I fly. Final Chorus I’m transforming, watch me rise, No more waiting to survive. You can say I changed all you want, That’s what souls are born to do in life. If my wings are too much light, If my truth is too much height, If my transformation’s one you can’t hold— Then take flight. Take flight. Take flight. I was never yours to keep, I was born to touch the sky.