Unwanted child of desire
Suppressed soul from my dreams
You pace the floor of my body
Kicking holes in my seams
You are raging in me like fire
You are smoke in my lungs
I count the days on the ceiling
Till you’re already gone

Fly away
My baby
I’m not holding your hand anymore
I have connected the dots
Don’t belong to this war
Fly away
My baby
From the stories they wrote on my skin
Every tremor
Every whisper
I am setting you free from within

You came dressed up as an answer
To a question I never asked
Their heavy wishes on your shoulders
Like a lead-paper mask
I traced your shape in the mirror
Till my outline went thin
Now I’m opening the window
Letting all of you spin

Fly away
My baby
I’m not holding your hand anymore
I have connected the dots
What was broken is not yours
Fly away
My baby
From the promises carved in my name
Go where love is not borrowed
Where your spark is not made of my shame

Will you hate me
Will you thank me
On some faraway shore (oh)
I whisper
“Live how you want to”
As you slip through the door

Fly away
My baby
I’m not holding your hand anymore
I have connected the dots
I’m the ending
You’re the open door
Fly away
My baby
Into mornings that don’t taste like pain
I will carry just your echo
You will never carry my chains