[Verse 1 — carnival keys, complex drums] I built the net beneath your feet Replaced the ropes, repaired each seam A thousand leaps, a thousand saves You curse the knot that came untied [Pre-Chorus — intimate harmonies] My own trapeze is hanging still I've never climbed it, never will [Chorus — explosive melodic lift] Fly, fly, I'll catch the fall Break my back to save it all You only see the one mistake Not every fall I stayed awake I'd pull the poles and fold the tent Take back the life I never spent But other bodies trust this net And I can't leave them falling yet (Falling yet, falling yet) [Verse 2 — chopped vocal rhythm] You want me closer to the ground I move the net; you don't look down [Bridge — half-time, tender] Who said that love must make me small? Who said that I must catch it all? [Final Chorus — defiant, harmonized] I'll teach you how to hold the rope I'll take my turn beneath the lights The net can stay, the show can live And I can claim a piece of mine (My piece of life, my piece of sky)
