Shadow

Why can’t my wings soar like yours
Why can’t my span spread as wide
Maybe I’ve got too much left to hide
Why is it so hard to fly
As I watch you grab the sky
Maybe you’ve got nothing left to lose

            in the air we’d meet as friends
            equals in the sky
            and I would be content to watch you fly
            from the ground you’re just someone
            who’s closer to the sun
            and I am just the shadow by your side

Why is there a wind that waits
Every time you leave the gates
Why are you aloft when I’m a fool
Maybe I don’t feel the breeze
As it washes over me
Maybe I’m just too earthbound to move

            but in the air we’d meet as friends
            equals in the sky
            and I would be content to watch you fly
            here on the ground you’re just someone
            who’s closer to the sun
            and I am just a shadow by your side

why does god give us these dreams
if he won’t provide the wings?

If I had one wish tonight
I would wish to chart my flight
Higher than the mountains I can’t climb
I would meet you halfway there
Soar like only eagles dare
And my wings would measure brave enough to face the sky

            ‘cause in the air we’d meet as friends
            equal to the sky
            and I would be content to watch you fly
            but from the ground you’re just someone
            who’s standing closer to the sun
            and I am just a shadow by your side
            from the ground you’re just someone
            who’s closer to the sun
            and I am just the shadow by your side