[Verse 1]
Found you in an alley
Feathers in the rain
White turned gray
Bent gold on your fingers
Said it used to be a crown
But it slipped away
You laugh like it’s nothing
But your eyes stay on the sky
Every passing plane
You say they look like ladders
And you’re stuck on the ground
Calling out their names
[Chorus]
I’m a fallen angel
Dragging these torn wings
Broken halo in my hand
It used to sing
Every door to heaven feels a world away
But I’m still standing in the wreckage
Begging for the gate
Take me home
Take me home
[Verse 2]
Your back full of scars where the light used to live
Lines of flame
You trace every mark like a roadmap home
But they all fade
You talk in little prayers
Half-lost
Half-joked
Like you’re scared they’ll hear
“If they only knew how far I’d go
Just to disappear”
[Chorus]
I’m a fallen angel
Dragging these torn wings
Broken halo in my hand
It used to sing
Every door to heaven feels a world away
But I’m still standing in the wreckage
Begging for the gate
Take me home
Take me home
[Bridge]
If I climb every steeple
If I burn in every storm (oh)
Would the clouds crack open
Would the light be warm
If I sew these feathers
Bloody thread through bone
Would they ever let a runaway
Come home
[Chorus]
I’m a fallen angel
Dragging these torn wings
Broken halo in my hand
It used to sing
Every door to heaven feels a world away
But I’m still standing in the wreckage
Begging for the gate
Take me home
Take me home