As she sings her sweetest tune She also sings of freedom She sings of what she lost Confined in her cage
When she stops to take a break She stares at all her friends They stare at her with futility For they are trapped like her But she is not deterred She tries And tries To leave her prison When the gate flies open, she spreads her wings And prepares to soar She ***** her wings and flies even though she never has before
She sings her song again Of new hope to see the stars Of the sun, so close and warm But she falls to the ground, dead With a bullet in her breast
Her friends watch as she falls And slowly one by one Are endowed with her courage, Watch their cages dissipate, And soar without failing Bringing a reprise into the light