sometimes i feel like i'm a bird with broken wings
at times i dread my now and envy where i've been
but that's when
quiet
wisdom takes control
at least i've got a story no ones told
i've finally learnt to say

whatever will be will be
i've learnt to take
the good the bad and breathe
although
we like
to know what life's got planned
no one knows if shooting stars will land

these days it feels naive to put your faith in hope
to imitate a child falling backwards on the snow
but that's when
fears will
usually leave you blind
and now i try to underanalyze

is the rope i walk wearing thin?
is the life i love caving in?
is the weight on your mind
a heavy black bird caged inside?

the day started ordinary
with boys walking by
it was the same old story
too fresh or too shy
i'm not the kind
to fall for a guy
who flashes a smile
don't usually swoon
but i'm over the moon

and now i'm
falling for ya
cant hold it any longer
and now i'm falling for you

feels like a tumble from another world
into your arms and its so secure
maybe i'll stumble but i know for sure
head over heels i'm gonna be your girl

i don't remember much about my childhood
but i blew strawberries all through my parents wedding
when i was about a year old
and drove my family nuts

and i had a growth spurt
when i was three
i remember being as tall as the tip of my acoustic guitar

i took lessons, as well as piano
and made friends along the way
i went on various holidays
enjoying the caribbean breeze and change of scenery

but when i was eleven and a half
something horrible happened to my family
i cried every day, i would never leave my bedroom, and my grades started failing
depression changes you
for the worse

wake up
when will things be good enough for you to see
all that we can be
i'm sick of
playing games and acting like we never care
like we're never there
we pay attention
for only seconds

look at you
look at me
there's never any us
cant you see
all we can become
we can shine like the sun
if we believe that two stars are brighter than one

just when it's getting good, i slowly start to freeze
just when it's feeling real, i put my heart to sleep
it's the memory i can see
then this fear comes over me
understand that i don't mean
to push you away from me

why am i so afraid
to crash down and lose my mind again?
i don't know, i can't see
what's come over me?

you found a way
of easing me
out of myself
i can't stay but i can't leave
i am my worst enemy
please understand
that its not you
it's what i do
just when i'm about to run
i realise what i've become

now i wonder what you think of me
don't know why i break so easily
all my fears are armed surrounding me
i can't get no sleep
i keep running in circles around you
you're the trap i want to fall into

i'm not the girl you see in the magazine
perfect face and perfect body
i'll never be anyone but the one i am
i can't bend to your expectations
live to fulfil any fantasy
if what i am is what you need

love me for me
and not for someone who i would never be
what you get is what you see
so love me for me
or don't love me