The Wings You Earned

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So I see that you're still stuck on the ground 
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Caught down there all warm and safe and sound 
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I know what it's like to be down there 
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dreaming of the sky and open air 
 

 
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One day soon I just know you'll see 
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Raise your head and smile for me 
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Laugh about your history 
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Learn just what you're meant to be 

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You sigh and always try to play it cool 
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But deep inside, you still feel like a fool 
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The world's so big, and you, you feel so small 
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Wondering if you should try at all 
 

 
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Well, Tomorrow's not til today is gone 
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Live the moment, don't take long 
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Forget the troubles you think on 
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Smile for impending dawn 
 
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Is it time to break the mold? 
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Are you doing what you're told? 
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Go ahead, you can be bold. 
                           
Live for living, don't be cold! 
                           
When your final days have come 
                            
Smile at the mile's you've run 
                        
Come on, have a little fun 
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Spread your wings your time has come! 

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Sitting, hoping for the wings you've earned 
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Silent as the fire in you burned 
 

 
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Brush away the dust and ash 
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On your shoulders from the past 
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Smile at the things that last 
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Feel the beat, your dice are cast 
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Stroke of luck, or fate, rejoice 
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Now you finally have a choice 
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So prove them wrong, in what they say 
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   Or wait another day 
 

Outro 
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