He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
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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