A Wing And A Prayer Lyrics & Chords By Wendy Wall

A Wing and a Prayer

I am still earthbound, I am not still
I still move
through this atmosphere
in this biosphere
across this ground

I still walk on my limbs
I am not washed of my sins
I have not made my peace
I have not been released
or unbound

One day I'll break out of these chains
And I'll untie all of these strings
That hold me to the ground
that keep me down in here, that hold me in
When the end rattles my bones
And the last breath sighs in the wind
Look away up out and over
I'll be a flying thing

I was born this time
Into a wild restless mind
And into restless feet
That have not found relief on this ground
but they have walked under this sky
And they'll walk here until I die
Endlessly circling what those born into wings have found

One day I'll break out of these dreams and I'll untie all of these strings
No more in between, free to turn and lean into the wind
And when the end rattles my bones
The last breath'll die whispering,
Look away up out and over
You'll see a flying thing

[ bridge ]

And when the air rattles my bones,
And the black birds circling
Look away up out and over
I'll be a flying thing
Look away up out and over
I'll be a flying thing

all lyrics copyright 2011 Wendy Wall
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