I Do Not Fly (song)

I wrote this song last night and today. I'm not sure if it's finished. A couple verses could really be used before everything else, but I doubt I will add them. As is usual with my songs, it can be hard to tell if this is better as a song or a poem/rhyme. I change present and future tense, so that may be confusing, though I hope it isn't much. That could be tweaked if I ever edit this. There are certainly different ways to interpret the song, (as is true with many) so I hope that it resonates with you in some way. Songs are better when we care about what is being said. I titled the song "I Do Not Fly". I might change it later, but for now it's supposed to be intentionally vague as to the songs content. Enjoy. (hopefully)

Maybe if I could fly
Then I would come to your house
Ask if you were about
If maybe you came out
I would only just contain a shout

My heart a little wayward
I'd wrap you in my arms and leap skyward
My fears just a byword

I hope you aren't scared
There in the air
I'd never let you fall
Even through a squall

Now feel our hearts
Beating together
We should never part
You know it'd be better
We should never part
As two we're better
Now feel our hearts
They beat together
Forever, forever

If I could just fly
Yet here I stand
Just a simple man
Completely and truly landlocked
My fear's returning overclocked

But if I bravely step towards you
Despite my fear for you
What will you choose
To accept or refuse

Behind bars my heart aches
For years they've threatened to break
'Till now I've kept my heart safe
But no longer can this slow growing truth be fake

So with outstretched arm
And displaying no charm
I wait with growing alarm
As your first smile disarms

I might like to say
That I know how it ends
But we are not there
And now is not then

So I will live until then
Not knowing you where or when
But that when we do meet
I'll hear your yes and see your grin

The bars of my heart will shatter
As we simply embrace
Our fingers entwining
My face close to your face

Now feel our hearts
Beating together
We should never part
You know it'd be better
We should never part
As two we're better
Now feel our hearts
They beat together
Forever, forever.

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