We were not born to stay, we were folded, folded in the hand of the day, like a note left open Mud on our mouths, but still we kept a little silence, waiting for some small light to learn our names And the body, it trembles, then tells the truth it can’t keep the sky out, it can’t keep the sky from you (ahh-ahh) (ahh-ahh) We were not born to stay, so let the floor drop out We were not born to stay, the ground can’t hold us now Lift me, lift me, now, through the seam in the blue Lift me, lift me, now, I hear the air calling you There is a door in the wind that opens for the breaking, for the tired and tender, for the ones still becoming Every scar gets lighter, every fear gets smaller when the heart goes quiet and hears itself rise And the body, it trembles, then tells the truth it can’t keep the sky out, it can’t keep the sky from you (ahh-ahh) (ahh-ahh) We were not born to stay, so let the floor drop out We were not born to stay, the ground can’t hold us now Lift me, lift me, now, through the seam in the blue Lift me, lift me, now, I hear the air calling you I know the shape of your hands in the dark by the bed, I know the way you go still when you don’t want to speak If I let go, stay near me, say my name once, low We were made for this crossing, and I don’t want to go alone We were not born to stay, so let the floor drop out We were not born to stay, the ground can’t hold us now Lift me, lift me, now, through the seam in the blue Lift me, lift me, now, I hear the air calling you (ahh-ahh) (ahh-ahh) I hear the air call you
