I saw myself in your eyes Like the prince who locks the bird just to hear his lullabies Your arms felt safe but hid the chains A kiss that burned, then turned to pain You said, without you, I can't breathe And I believed every word you fed me I built my own cage from your touch Thinking it was love But it was never enough Every question where you been, who you with? Wasn't love, it was fear dressed as tenderness And still I stayed, too blind to see The key was always here, right inside of me Like the story of the prince and his bird I lost myself inside your world You called my name and I came Sang the songs you wanted Played the role you showed your family Look at the pretty bird I caught I'm a caged bird (But I can fly) Who runs from the cage when fear says hide? In the prison of your love I almost died I feel the wind outside But the weight's inside If I don't leave tonight This cage will take my life Your love was never free Just another disguise Jealous hands, secret nights Questions sharp like knives You said I was your joy The only song in my day But your promises were chains Just another way to make me stay I lived with fear, yet I called it love Afraid you'd replace me when I wasn't enough Other birds came through your open door I pretended I didn't see, couldn't take it anymore And when I tried to leave, you pulled me back With hollow words, with empty traps I fed on crumbs you threw my way Thinking maybe tomorrow you would stay But love that hurts, love that blinds Is just a prison dressed in rhymes Like the story of the prince and his bird I lost myself inside your world You called my name and I came Sang the songs you wanted Played the role you showed your family Look at the pretty bird I caught I'm a caged bird (But I can fly) Who runs from the cage when fear says hide? In the prison of your love I almost died I feel the wind outside But the weight's inside If I don't leave tonight This cage will take my life January hit me hard I remembered what mama said Love is not a cell, love sets you free instead I broke the lock, spread my wings No more chains, no more broken strings I won't go back to beg for crumbs To live in shadows, hiding from the Sun I almost lost my life in your hands But I rose, I soared I learned to stand Now I'm free, I won't look back That broken bird ain't ever coming back No one controls who I let inside I guard my heart, I hold my pride Once I cried, once I bled But I won't be chained by words unsaid I am the song, I am the sky And no one will silence my flight Now I'm free, I won't look back That broken bird ain't ever coming back No one controls who I let inside I guard my heart, I hold my pride Once I cried, once I bled But I won't be chained by words unsaid I am the song, I am the sky And no one will silence my flight If you're listening, and you're trapped in a toxic love Don't forget what my mother said Love doesn't clip your wings, it doesn't cage your song Love doesn't hurt, it heals You were born to fly And you will