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The Ladder Waltz

from Purple Door by Mia Stegner

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Basically a song about how I don't know what I want from life! There are times when I feel a sense of longing, but I can't match the desire to an object, and this song is about that. Lyrics below.

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Maybe I can’t go any higher
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t too young to retire

I see entire skies laid out in front of me
Why should I fly when I could simply flee?

I see options, I see things
I’d like to do if I had wings

I’d go so far, I’d dodge attacks
My wings are not made out of wax

So I’d graze the sun, no trace of fear
Why else would they have put me here?

If not to take my turn among the birds
I guess I don’t know the right words

To say that I would like to fly
But what is flying, what’s the sky?
Just what is it I’m hungry for
What’s behind the purple door

Is it joy, is it success?
Do I want chaos, or just rest
Because I feel like I want more
But I want to be okay with less

Maybe I can’t go any lower
I hope I never get too old to stop being a grower

I see the ground, and it just keeps moving down
Relentless change as growth occurs, my point of view, it moves around

And I see more, but everything feels far away
The sky is getting closer, with every rainy day

I’m stretching thin and reaching out
Conflicting instincts, laugh or pout

My roots are getting stronger as they stretch out far below
But they’re underground, I’m in the clouds, all I can say, is I don’t know

Why I would like to learn to fly
But what is flying, what’s the sky?
Is there a ladder meant for me
Where should I look, give me the key

Is it people, is it peace?
Do I need a snack, or an endless feast
Because I feel like I need something
Tell me, is it real, at least?

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from Purple Door, released September 7, 2019

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