[Verse 1]
She wakes up quiet
Same small room
Same old mirror
Same locked door too
She wants the wind
She wants her name
To leave this skin
And kill the shame
Hands on the latch
Then back again
Heart says "run now"
Feet say "can't"
[Pre-Chorus]
She looks at the sky
Like it owes her gold
Wants to leap clean
Out of this cold
But the block in her chest
Won't let her rise
She can dream of the air
Just not the height
[Chorus]
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
But she don't know how to leave
(leave, leave)
She wants to fly so high
(want to fly)
But she ain't strong enough to try
(not tonight)
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
But she don't know how to leave
[Verse 2]
He said "stay here"
So she stayed small
Made herself thin
Made herself all
Gave up her fire
Gave up her voice
Kept on living
Like it was choice
Now the moon calls soft
Through the cracked glass
She presses her palm
Against the past
[Pre-Chorus]
She looks at the sky
Like it knows her pain
Every brave wish
Feels like rain
She can almost move
She can almost break
Then the fear gets loud
And the floor won't shake
[Chorus]
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
But she don't know how to leave
(leave, leave)
She wants to fly so high
(want to fly)
But she ain't strong enough to try
(not tonight)
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
But she don't know how to leave
[Bridge]
If somebody held her
Just right, just true
Maybe she'd find
The girl in blue
Maybe she'd rise
On a borrowed spark
Maybe she'd learn
To tear through dark
[Final Chorus]
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
But she don't know how to leave
(leave, leave)
She wants to fly so high
(want to fly)
But she ain't strong enough to try
(not tonight)
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
Tell me, how do you leave?
(leave, leave)
She just wants to be free
(free, free)
But she don't know how to leave