If I Had Wings

This song was written for the #AutismAwarenessMonth project! —————————————— [Verse 1] Some days I wake up tired Like I’ve already run a race Before the world even says hello I’m already out of place They say I seem so normal But it’s work just to pretend I keep a smile for strangers And break alone again [Chorus] If I had wings, I’d fly away Somewhere the noise can’t reach the day Where I don’t have to hide what I feel inside Where I can just exist and stay If I had wings… I’d fly away. [Verse 2] I count the lights on ceilings I echo words like prayers I wish I didn’t flinch so much From the way the world just stares It’s not that I don’t love you I just don’t know how to show The love that lives so loud in me In a way you’d ever know [Chorus] If I had wings, I’d fly away To where the silence feels okay Where stimming isn’t strange, and time can rearrange Into soft and gentle gray If I had wings… I’d fly away. [Bridge] I’m not broken—I’m just wired In a way the world forgets to see But I still feel it all so deeply Even if it doesn’t show in me [Final Chorus] If I had wings, I’d fly but not to flee— I’d find a sky that lets me be. Where I don’t have to choose between quiet and true, Where someone might just understand me. If I had wings… I’d still be me. “I just want to be — me …!”