Hope Flies (Live at Little Heart Ray Studio) Video (MV)

The present's tempered by my indecision.
My hope flies to back of my mind
A soothing palm, my hand on my heart
As the undercurrent, I feel it beating time

And there's never enough time to consider
The fickle well's and how's of my doubt
I left the faucet dripping for hours
It's getting darker earlier now

The fireflies whisper their melancholy rhymes
And I remember being nine on those incandescent nights
Too scared to wish upon a star, although I reached for them, so high
And my eyes filled to the brim with the night sky

And my hope flies, and I stay alive
I watch it rise, and I stay alive

With every iteration, still, I feel this
The weight of my superstitious mind
It's a lonely devil, and I may never shake it
But my heart is wide enough, I'll bear it fine

Oh so solemn and sensitive, always looking for a sign
Of danger, of warning, of a reason not to try
Like a broken bone, the seam never mended quite right
But I know it, and I hold it, cause it's mine

And my hope flies, and I stay alive
I watch it rise, and I stay alive

Take the bar off the door, nothing's scary on the other side
Leap across the chasm, but even as I resist them
There's safety in the patterns
Don't wanna watch the show, I wanna be part of the action
I wanna make a move, not just have a reaction

I wrought a crown with my weeping hands
Pleading to be special, to be right,
That I wasn't just a fly beating myself bloody on the glass
That I hadn't already wasted my time

And my hope flies, and I stay alive
I watch it rise, and watch it fall
Into my arms, into my beating heart
And I
Hold on tight