My Piece of Sky

[Verse 1 — carnival keys, complex drums]
I built the net beneath your feet
Replaced the ropes, repaired each seam
A thousand leaps, a thousand saves
You curse the knot that came untied

[Pre-Chorus — intimate harmonies]
My own trapeze is hanging still
I've never climbed it, never will

[Chorus — explosive melodic lift]
Fly, fly, I'll catch the fall
Break my back to save it all
You only see the one mistake
Not every fall I stayed awake
I'd pull the poles and fold the tent
Take back the life I never spent
But other bodies trust this net
And I can't leave them falling yet
(Falling yet, falling yet)

[Verse 2 — chopped vocal rhythm]
You want me closer to the ground
I move the net; you don't look down

[Bridge — half-time, tender]
Who said that love must make me small?
Who said that I must catch it all?

[Final Chorus — defiant, harmonized]
I'll teach you how to hold the rope
I'll take my turn beneath the lights
The net can stay, the show can live
And I can claim a piece of mine
(My piece of life, my piece of sky)