[Verse 1]
I drew a silver plane on the kitchen wall
With a ruler, a crayon, and a paper sun
My mother said, “Keep that picture when you’re tall”
I said, “I’ll take it higher than the morning comes”
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned the names of every distant place
Kept a folded map beside my bed
Every closed door only changed the way
I read the compass in my head
[Chorus]
I was born to chase the blue beyond the roofline
To cross the oceans where the wild winds run
Every setback left a scar across the skyline
But I kept climbing toward the rising sun
And if I’m flying farther than I planned to
It’s because I’m not alone up here
The ones I lost are riding on my wings now
Still beside me, still flying near
[Verse 2]
There were years of borrowed rooms and sleepless trains
A failed exam, a storm, a broken plan
I watched my savings disappear like window rain
Then signed my name and started up again
[Pre-Chorus]
The first time clouds opened beneath me
The whole world turned to fields of gold
I heard the voices that had shaped me
Say, “You were never meant to stay below”
[Chorus]
I was born to chase the blue beyond the roofline
To cross the oceans where the wild winds run
Every setback left a scar across the skyline
But I kept climbing toward the rising sun
And if I’m flying farther than I planned to
It’s because I’m not alone up here
The ones I lost are riding on my wings now
Still beside me, still flying near
[Bridge]
Over desert heat, over Atlantic rain
Past the Alps and the lights of Singapore
I carry every promise, every name
In the quiet just before I soar
Some dreams take a lifetime to get moving
Some goodbyes never leave the room
But love can turn a final wave behind you
Into a runway through the blue
[Final Chorus]
I was born to chase the blue beyond the roofline
To cross the oceans where the wild winds run
Every setback left a scar across the skyline
And every scar remembers what I’ve overcome
If I’m flying farther than I planned to
I can feel them in the atmosphere
The ones I lost are riding on my wings now
Still beside me, still flying near
Still beside me, still flying near
[Outro]
The drawing’s faded on the kitchen wall
But I’m still climbing where the morning calls