Lullaby for Scars

Wounded
Frozen
Hidden
Unspoken

The child in me
The child in you
Still walks these wasted lands

Inside us all
A silent ruin
Holding out its hands

Strangers together
Lost in the same decay
Every heart is calling
But no one knows the way

We fly on paper wings
Through the storm we never named
Begging skies for sweeter rain
To soften all this pain

We fly on paper wings
With a lullaby for scars
Searching for the ocean
That remembers who we are

Who never saw the rain
Does not know how to grow
Who never drank the water
Has nothing left to pour

Dry roots twist
From the beginning to the end
And every broken seed
Learns how to break again

Everyone wants love
Everyone wants warmth
No one wants the silence
Of being left alone

We fly on paper wings
Through the storm we never named
Begging skies for sweeter rain
To soften all this pain

We fly on paper wings
With a lullaby for scars
Searching for the ocean
That remembers who we are

We hide inside
Our hollow nests
Chewing dust
Inside our chests

From small to great
We fall in line
Domino flaws
In borrowed lives

With raised hands to the sky
And a heart about to tear
We ask for drops to the dry
In this bitter air

If we cannot sleep
How will we ever dream?
If we cannot feel
What are we becoming?

We fly on paper wings
Through the storm we never named
Begging skies for sweeter rain
To soften all this pain

We fly on paper wings
With a lullaby for scars
Searching for the ocean
That remembers who we are

The sea of creation
Touches transformation

Dreams and sorrow crawl
Through the sands of emotion

Paper wings
Carry us home