[Intro] (soft wind, paper flutter) Shh… the breeze is speaking. [Verse 1] I was a hundred little fragments on a wooden floor, Old notes and torn-out pages, nothing more. Then a whisper found me in the morning light, And I learned to hold a dream… tight. Ink on my fingertips, dust in my hair, But there’s a sky outside, waiting out there. [Pre-Chorus] Fold me once—hope. Fold me twice—brave. Tie me to the wind, And I won’t behave. [Chorus] I’ve got paper wings, I ride the open air, Through London dawn and lamplight glare. I carry secrets, I carry songs, I carry “I miss you” where it belongs. If the world is heavy, if the night is long— I’m a letter in the storm, and I’m flying on. [Verse 2] They call me “odd,” they call me “small,” But I’ve seen giants stumble, I’ve seen statues fall. I’ve watched a lonely window learn to glow, When a word arrives it needed so. So I stitch my courage with a silver thread, And I write new futures in my head. [Pre-Chorus 2] A stamp on sorrow, A seal on fear— I’m not just paper, I’m still here. [Chorus] I’ve got paper wings, I ride the open air, Through London dawn and lamplight glare. I carry secrets, I carry songs, I carry “I miss you” where it belongs. If the world is heavy, if the night is long— I’m a letter in the storm, and I’m flying on. [Bridge] (drop to harp + voice, intimate) Sometimes the rain tries to soften my spine, Sometimes the fire wants to eat my lines. But every tear that stains my page Turns into ink… turns into rage. And when the wind says, “Not today,” I whisper back—“Watch me anyway.” [Final Chorus] (full lift, strings + flute soaring) I’ve got paper wings, and I won’t come down, I’ll circle rooftops, I’ll bless this town. I’ll bring you laughter, I’ll bring you light, I’ll bring you home through the edge of night. If the world rewinds, if the clock goes wrong— I’ll keep your name safe in my sweetest song. I’m a letter in the storm… And I’m flying on. [Outro] (paper flutter fades, wind grows soft) Folded tight… Free at last.
