White Walls

Sitting

Sitting up upon the white walls

The clouds surround my head

The air feels heavy, pressing down

The heart I should have read

Airplanes cross the grey world

That still tries to hold me down

I should have broken out

Several ages before now

The birds, they sit beside me

And they whisper how to fly

But I'm just too afraid

To give that whole damn thing a try

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

Houses built to fence me

Calm the slumbering love down

Since now, I see that empty space

Just take a look around

So I'm breaking down the covenant

That forces me to stay

Back behind the desert

That has led my heart astray

The birds, they sit beside me

And they whisper, "Why so shy?"

But I'm just too afraid

To give that whole damn thing a try

Oh, no, no, no

I'm too afraid

Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

But I'm just too afraid (oh, no-no-no)

But I'm just too afraid (I'm too afraid)

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just too afraid

But I'm just