Paper Wings at Sunrise

[Verse 1]
I wish I had your paper wings
Folded tight in midnight seams
You were laughing in the dark
Spilling color through my dreams

I was running after fireflies
Bare feet in the summer grass
Time was hanging from the trees
Every second burning fast

[Chorus]
I wish I had your pair of wings
To lift me out this heavy skin
Carry me over everything
All the words I’m drowning in
If I could rise above these things
And see it all the way you did
I’d hold that morning in my hands
On your paper wings

[Verse 2]
Tonight the window feels like glass
Between your voice and where I am
Streetlight shadows on the wall
Trace your name in shaky hands

I keep talking to the quiet
Like you might be listening still
Every question hits the ceiling
Falls back down and always will

[Chorus]
I wish I had your pair of wings
To lift me out this heavy skin
Carry me over everything
All the words I’m drowning in
If I could rise above these things
And see it all the way you did
I’d hold that morning in my hands
On your paper wings

[Bridge]
Maybe you’re just out of sight (hey)
Hidden in the folds of sky
If I close my eyes tonight
I feel you passing by

[Chorus]
I wish I had your pair of wings
To lift me out this heavy skin
Carry me over everything
All the words I’m drowning in
If I could rise above these things
And see it all the way you did
I’d hold that morning in my hands
On your paper wings