Crafted them slowly with lightweight things
Wax and candles that had burned on out
While I was writing songs
That I'd never sing
I taught myself to fly
I tried and tried for each inch I climbed
Falling from heights and sprawling in bed
Tired and lonely
With a tear in my eye
I contradicted gravity
Stepped from my window and flew over seas
Exultant to be free and proud of my powers
Hour by hour, flying through the sky
Hour by hour, climbing up the sky
What would it be like to touch the sun?
I'd never get that high
I melted all my dreams
Plummetted down and drowned in the seas
I merely lacked just the weight of a feather
Burnt the wax that held the wings together
And in my pride, I thought that I
Had conquered weight and defeated the sky
So I tried, and I tried...
But I couldn't get that high