If People Had Wings

If people had wings

We’d always be soaring to heights

The wings of Icarus melted because

He was enchanted by the light

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If people had wings

We’d be calling ourselves angels

Take upon ourselves to be gods

And fix the world’s tangles

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If people had wings

We’d never be on the ground

Nothing’s good enough

Always looking where nothing’s found

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If people had wings

We’d never know our limits

We’d push and push and press against

Our walls until they’re finished

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And since we'd be found

Unworthy of them

Gone would be our wings

Never to fly again