"Because I Love You"
You gave me wings
You taught me how to fly
But if I ever tried to taste the freedom
You would knock me to the ground.
“Because I love you”, you said,
and I couldn’t fly,
I couldn’t feel the sun, see the sky,
I couldn’t taste the freedom you taught me to desire.
“Because I love you”, you said and you said and you said
And you kept me away,
you locked me inside of a box,
you cut my wings and you put me to the ground.
I couldn’t bear it, I couldn’t stay
And I’m sorry, I love you
But I have to love myself more
And because I love myself
I am going to spread my wings
I’m going to fly away
And I’m going to feel the sun in my skin
But I’m not gonna fall, I’m not gonna crash, I’m not gonna die
I know I won’t,
I won’t fall, I won’t die
“Because I love you”, you said
And I lost myself
But
“Because I love myself”, I say
I am finding myself again.