Birds flying high That's all I used to see Until I took my pen And drew birds lifting me Up higher than the smoke Above the barren lands Past the sweeping canyons Of my hands Birds flying high That's all I used to see Until I took my pen And drew birds lifting me Up higher than the smoke Above the barren lands Past the sweeping canyons Of my hands With vivid colours, lighting up the skies The image lingers when I close my eyes Birds in the trees They're singing a new song That hums and soothes my soul And tells me nothing's wrong I'm in another world Full of joie de vivre The kind that makes you Never want to leave. But when I wake, it's hard for me to rise The image lingers when I close my eyes When I wake, it's hard for me to rise The image lingers when I close my eyes Birds flying south They're off to better lands While I am here at home Just staring at my hands My house is crumbling down With all that I adore And all I want to do is Fly once more But when I wake, it's hard for me to rise The image lingers when I close my eyes When I wake, it's hard for me to rise The image lingers when I close my Eyes When I close my eyes Birds flying high That's all I used to see Until I took my pen And drew birds lifting me Up higher than the smoke Above the barren lands Past the sweeping canyons Of my hands With vivid colours, lighting up the skies The image lingers when I close my eyes With vivid colours, lighting up the skies The image lingers when I close my eyes