Learning How To Fly

Intro

mm-mm, ah-ah, oh-oh (yeah)

Verse

We were sneakers on wet pavement, mixtapes in the backseat

First laugh like a secret, your hand found mine — easy, sweet

Late sun through the window, promises like paper planes

We carved our names in cardboard, never thought of rain

You left a coffee ring on the counter, a smile on the phone

I kept every ticket stub like proof that I was not alone

Then the calendar turned strange, and the silence came too soon

I learned how to hold a memory that didn't fit the room

Pre-chorus

But nights teach me different things, like how to breathe again

I count the constellations of the little scars you gave me, then

I fold them into songs, I turn them into friends

I gather up the pieces and I start to mend

Chorus

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (oh-oh)

We fall, we bruise, we lift our faces to the sky (oh-oh)

Hold on, hold on, it's okay to cry (ah-ah)

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (oh-oh)

Verse

Your jacket in the hallway, the scent that lingers like a line

I trace the edge where laughter used to hide and call it mine

Coffee with my neighbor, midnight walks with my friend Claire

Small revolutions—dancing barefoot on the stair

There are songs that still drop me back into your laugh

But there are mornings when I wake up, happy just to have

A sunrise that remembers me, a day that wears my name

I'm learning how to meet myself without the need for blame

Pre-chorus

And when the weather of my heart turns cold and gray again

I step outside and find the color in the simple, in the plain

I write your voice inside a verse and let it run and bend

I let the music do the work and finally mend

Chorus

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (yeah)

We fall, we bruise, we lift our faces to the sky (yeah)

Hold on, hold on, it's okay to cry (ah-ah)

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (oh-oh)

Bridge

I keep the best of you like a lighthouse on the shore (ooh)

A signal when I'm drifting, a map to something more (ooh)

Not a weight that pulls me under but a light that points the way

I take those nights apart and build a kinder day (mm-mm)

And if a new hand reaches out, I won't be someone broken

I'll be a story with a chapter that keeps going, keeps going

Yeah, I keep the laughter, I keep the truth, I keep the scars that shine

I hold the lesson, hold the love, let go of what was mine

Chorus

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (oh-oh)

We fall, we bruise, we lift our faces to the sky (oh-oh)

Hold on, hold on, it's okay to cry (ah-ah)

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (oh-oh)

We're young, we're wild, we're learning how to fly (oh-oh)