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”
Baby, I don't understand
Why we can't just hold on
To each other's hands
This time might be the last time I fear
Unless I make it all so clear
I need you so
We're in this life together
Even when one moves without the other
Different pages from the same story
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
Baby, I think tonight
We can take what was wrong
And make it right
This aching is familiar
It's something I remember
We can't touch without feeling
Can't heal without healing
Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
I need you so
Only the young could fall so hard
Can be so careless, and ignorance costs
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
Let us in
So you've moved out of the way this time
Making room for each other
One without the other
We are broken but we are moving still
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
We're in this life together
Even when one moves without the other
You got to learn to fly, learn to live that love so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in
We are broken but we are moving still
A thousand different ways
Why we can't just hold on
To each other's hands
This time might be the last time I fear
Unless I make it all so clear
I need you so
We're in this life together
Even when one moves without the other
Different pages from the same story
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
Baby, I think tonight
We can take what was wrong
And make it right
This aching is familiar
It's something I remember
We can't touch without feeling
Can't heal without healing
Baby, it's all I know
That you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
I need you so
Only the young could fall so hard
Can be so careless, and ignorance costs
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
Let us in
So you've moved out of the way this time
Making room for each other
One without the other
We are broken but we are moving still
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
We're in this life together
Even when one moves without the other
You got to learn to fly, learn to live that love so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in
We are broken but we are moving still
A thousand different ways
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Broken Wings Lyrics as written by Richard James Page John Ross Lang
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