Lyrics
[Verse 1] You found the blue beneath the peeling paint A little ocean hiding under years of gray With a small brush tucked behind your ear You traced the shape of a bird until it reappeared [Pre-Chorus] Every color had a place to return Every quiet hand could make it burn [Chorus] Raise the sky above the avenue Let the missing wings come back in view You don't need a perfect past to start Put a little blue around the broken parts And when the whole wall learns to breathe Leave one bright feather there for me [Verse 2] The old brick held the heat beneath your palm You mixed the yellow with a fearless kind of calm Children stopped to watch the outlines grow A sun climbed out where nobody thought it could show [Pre-Chorus] Every color had a place to return Every quiet hand could make it burn [Chorus] Raise the sky above the avenue Let the missing wings come back in view You don't need a perfect past to start Put a little blue around the broken parts And when the whole wall learns to breathe Leave one bright feather there for me [Bridge] If the years come back with heavier gray We will find another color anyway No masterpiece arrives complete It gathers in the hands of everyone it meets [Final Chorus] Raise the sky above the avenue Let the missing wings come back in view You don't need a perfect past to start Put a little blue around the broken parts And when the whole wall learns to breathe Leave one bright feather there for me [Outro] One bright feather there for me
