Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
So small, yet still so proud
At night before he dreams he looks into the clouds
A high-flyer's what I want to be
Seems they won't let me
Says I'm too small
I don't feel small at all
Break my dreams
That's what they'll do
Well, I'm going to run away
And learn to fly like you
I'm going to go so high
And swoop so low
You can't bring me down
Going to be so proud
Oh little angel, you got to learn to fly
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Little angel, just look in my eyes
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Push and shove, then climb aboard
This is the shuttle train to the top of the world
When you look around, what do you see?
These are all high-flyers
But none of these high-flyers look like me
What is that supposed to mean
Oh oh
What am I supposed to be
I pull my way up through this crowd
To find your body crushed on the ground
It's so obvious why couldn't you see
That you can't go high-flying
Without a pair of high-flyer wings?
Oh little one's broken lying on the ground
Trying to get up 'till his last breath out
Wings are strewn everywhere there's blood all around
Even angels die, but that light just fades
It's so sad, but he'd be so proud
Oh, broken angel, you've got to learn to fly
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Broken angel, just look in my eyes
Get up and earn you wings tonight
Get up and earn your wings, earn your wings tonight
At night before he dreams he looks into the clouds
A high-flyer's what I want to be
Seems they won't let me
Says I'm too small
I don't feel small at all
Break my dreams
That's what they'll do
Well, I'm going to run away
And learn to fly like you
I'm going to go so high
And swoop so low
You can't bring me down
Going to be so proud
Oh little angel, you got to learn to fly
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Little angel, just look in my eyes
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Push and shove, then climb aboard
This is the shuttle train to the top of the world
When you look around, what do you see?
These are all high-flyers
But none of these high-flyers look like me
What is that supposed to mean
Oh oh
What am I supposed to be
I pull my way up through this crowd
To find your body crushed on the ground
It's so obvious why couldn't you see
That you can't go high-flying
Without a pair of high-flyer wings?
Oh little one's broken lying on the ground
Trying to get up 'till his last breath out
Wings are strewn everywhere there's blood all around
Even angels die, but that light just fades
It's so sad, but he'd be so proud
Oh, broken angel, you've got to learn to fly
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Broken angel, just look in my eyes
Get up and earn you wings tonight
Get up and earn your wings, earn your wings tonight
Lyrics submitted by chloeleveaux
Broken Angel Lyrics as written by Taylor Hanson Isaac Hanson
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think there are a lot of ways to interpret this song. I like Shani's idea of the fact that it's about Zac's struggles as the youngest member of the band. But in a way I think it's not about that, because it's a totally sad failure. I think this song is about complete failure... maybe it's what they were thinking as Island rejected song after song? "Break my dreams, that's what they'll do..." I think that definitely fits. Obviously, Hanson felt that all the songs they recorded were good enough for an album, but time and time again Island crushed their dreams.