You placed me so high upon your pedestal,
I forgot how to breathe'
thin air making me light-headed;
I, who lived among the clouds,
who used to fly.

Angel, you called me,
radiant and perfect.
And angel I was, until I saw your face,
and knew I had mistaken Heaven
for the paradise in your embrace.

So I walked away from eternity,
to spend short days with you'
and gave up my wings
to fly in your arms.

But it was an angel you wanted,
and wingless, I lost your love.
I had sacrificed all for you,
only to find that you longed for
what was unobtainable.

Now flightless and broken,
I wander through endless days
bearing the weight of stranger's stares'
the ones who can see this fallen angel
with the tears on his face.

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