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Above the Rest (2014 Demo - first song ever)

from A Storage Auction in the Form of an Album (Quarantine 2020​!​) by Amanda Rose Riley

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I looked up, saw two birds soaring high above the rest
How much did they make me want to fly?
But though I flap my arms until I take my last breath
I'll still be grounded on that day that I die

I will never do what they can do
I'll never take to the air
I know it and they know it too
And life makes sense; is it unfair?

Some things you're not meant to be a part of
But think of everything you can be
Think how much you can be the start of
And if not the world will never see

Sat on a bench and watched the birds go
Just going about one normal day
I feel drawn in, move to them steady and slow
But when I get close they go away
Why do they flee when I come near?
Why does it make me feel so alone?
What is it in me they should fear?
Why must I remain their unknown?

Looking up too long at the sky life started to pass me by
Do I want to grow old this way, eager for some impossible day?
Or should I seek my own version of flying, the thing that takes my mind off of dying?
I'm not a bird, I am not the sky, I'm not so beautiful, I can't fly
But I'll give it time, there's something great in me too
We all have a place, something we're called on to do
Don't know mine yet but I'll continue the search
Turn my back on these birds now, they can peacefully perch

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from A Storage Auction in the Form of an Album (Quarantine 2020​!​), released March 20, 2020

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Quirky, punk & pop-influenced acoustic singer-songwriter. Equal parts dreamer and doer.

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