You're the branch I have been swinging on You're the ceiling I keep pushing away To escape from the ties and holds And finally stand on my own two feet Finally stand on my own two feet Make way, make way All the leaves fly for us Swing high, swing low I love you just because We need new memories instead of near-certainties To get us through these trying times in one piece The world is full of people just like you and me Our hearts are over there But our lives are still here You're the air that's keeping me afloat You're the principle column of my life I carved my name into your bark I never meant to do you harm I never meant to do you any harm Make way, make way All the leaves fly for us Swing high, swing low I love you well just because We need new memories instead of near-certainties To get us through these trying times in one piece The world is full of people just like you and me Our hearts are over there But our lives are still here I climb the tree, you steal the fruit I take the blame for your damaged goods I give my all to turn you around I raise you up, you cut me down We need new memories instead of near-certainties To get us through these trying times in one piece The world is full of people just like you and me Our hearts are over there But our lives are still here (Make way, make way) I climb the tree, you steal the fruit (Swing high, swing low) I take the blame for your damaged goods (Make way, make way) I give my all to turn you around (Swing high, swing low) I raise you up and you cut me down