Birds Without Wings

With a thread of grace

I saw you walking

And this thread of grace

Kept you on your feet

With a thread of grace

I saw you trying to dance

You were trying to dance

But you couldn’t keep the beat

Oh you fool of grace

You’re the only person I know whose heaven and hell are the same place

I guess that’s why you don’t do too much traveling these days

And I know you’re dying in this open space

[Cause we are birds without wings

We try to fly, but all we can do is sing

We are birds without wings

Raise your voice up to the sky]

With an oleander I saw you breathing

And this oleander brought you to your knees

With an oleander I saw your head dip down, petals in your mouth

I saw you fall from me

[chorus]

And scream all I want is you

All I want is you

All I want is forgiveness

A stillness in my bones, to keep me upright

A firelight, a flame inside of me, burn everything

All I want is you

Da, da, da [x many]