**[Verse 1]** I learned to run before I learned to dream, With holes in my pockets and dust on my jeans. The city keeps talking in sirens and lies, So I keep my head low and my hopes in the sky. I’ve got two little reasons asleep back home, A broken old promise, a world made of stone. I smile like I’m winning, I laugh when I’m scared, But there’s a little pink bird who knows I still care. **[Pre-Chorus]** And you flutter when I’m lying, You tremble when I’m brave, You sing the things I swallow down And try to hide away. **[Chorus]** So fly, fly, fly anyway, Even when the clouds turn gray. If my feet are stuck on broken ground, You’re the part of me that won’t stay down. Fly, fly, through the rain, Carry all the words I can’t say. If my heart gets lost trying to play it safe, You spread my truth and fly anyway. **[Verse 2]** I told myself heroes were stories for fools, For kids with clean hands and impossible shoes. But then came a boy with the storm in his bones, Who looked at a thief and still called him “not alone.” I said, “Don’t trust easy, don’t reach, don’t stay,” But you hopped on my shoulder and gave me away. You chirped when I panicked, you cried when I lied, Like a tiny confession I carried inside. **[Pre-Chorus]** And you flutter when I’m falling, You glow when I choose, You’re the piece of me still hoping There’s something left to lose. **[Chorus]** So fly, fly, fly anyway, Even when the clouds turn gray. If my feet are stuck on broken ground, You’re the part of me that won’t stay down. Fly, fly, through the rain, Carry all the words I can’t say. If my heart gets lost trying to play it safe, You spread my truth and fly anyway. **[Bridge]** Maybe I’m not fearless, Maybe I’m not clean. Maybe I’ve been stealing time From every hungry dream. Maybe I kept running ’Cause stopping felt like pain. Maybe all this time, little bird, You were teaching me my name. And if the sky is burning, If the whole world starts to fall, If I’m shaking at the edge of it, I’ll still answer when you call. Not because I’m chosen, Not because I’m strong, But because you knew my heart Before I knew where it belonged. **[Final Chorus]** So fly, fly, fly anyway, Past the fear I couldn’t face. If my hands are small, if the night is wide, We can still outrun the dark inside. Fly, fly, through the flame, Sing the truth I couldn’t name. If my heart gets scared trying to save the day, You spread my soul and fly anyway. **[Outro]** I learned to run before I learned to dream, But you kept the sky alive in me. So perch on my shoulder, stay close, don’t stray… Little bird, we’ll fly anyway.
