[Verse 1]
I held your hand too tight
Like I could keep the tide
Your love was a sparrow
Resting in my side
I watched your eyes turn skyward
And I knew my place
Was not to chain your heartbeat
But to clear your way
[Pre-Chorus]
If love is a doorway
Then I was the frame
Standing in the threshold
Calling out your name
I was not enough, no
To cage that flame
[Chorus]
So I let you fly free
I let you fly free
Still your kiss stays on me
Still your touch comes back to me
I let you fly free
I let you fly free
If I couldn’t keep you
I can still love you
[Verse 2]
The night still has your shadow
On the edge of my bed
Your laugh in the hallway
Your words I never said
I wear the ache like water
Cold against my skin
A love that lost its hold on you
Still won’t let me quit
[Pre-Chorus]
If love is a doorway
Then I was the frame
Standing in the threshold
Calling out your name
I was not enough, no
To cage that flame
[Chorus]
So I let you fly free
I let you fly free
Still your kiss stays on me
Still your touch comes back to me
I let you fly free
I let you fly free
If I couldn’t keep you
I can still love you
[Bridge]
Go where the open wind calls
Go where your soul can breathe
I’ll be the woman left behind
Holding what you gave to me
And if your name breaks my mouth
I’ll let it break me slow
Because loving you was never mine
To own, to keep, to hold
[Final Chorus]
So I let you fly free
I let you fly free
Still your kiss stays on me
Still your touch comes back to me
I let you fly free
I let you fly free
If I couldn’t keep you
I can still love you