For the First Time

Look at the sun and the sky and the sand and the sea behind me Look at me, suddenly I am on land, and I'm free Don't mind me As I climb for the first time, jump for the first time Trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down Look, it's a fire, it's warm, and it glows, and it lights this chamber Let me admire it, aw, get too close and it bites I came too close for the first time Burned for the first time Everything's clearer and brighter and hotter But now that I'm here like a fish out of water I'm trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down Are we only food for slaughter? Is this life on land? Well, you were lonely underwater Come on, Ariel, time to stand Squeeze in the shoes and the corset, it's tight And the seams are bursting Some women choose this, I guess it's alright Are my dreams adjusting? As I wait for the first time Here for the first time Now for the first time He's coming through those doors Up the stairs From the shore From that moment And he'll smile Like he knows When I say Realize the prize that you paid with your voice As he turns from you Those sacrifices you made were a choice That you can't undo Lost for the first time Scared for the first time Gravity feels like an undertow pulling me down