Why Can't I Fly Away?

[Verse 1]
Why do I have to stay here,
In this house of silent walls?
The clock keeps ticking louder,
But no one ever calls.
[Prechorus]
The sky’s so wide, so blue, so free,
It feels like it’s calling me.
[Chorus]
Why can't I leave, just fly away,
Let these heavy wings unfold?
Why must I carry this heartbreak,
A story nobody told?
Why can't I fly away today?
[Verse 2]
I see the birds out my window,
They don’t look back, they just soar.
But here I’m stuck with my sorrow,
Feet nailed to the floor.
[Chorus]
Why can't I leave, just fly away,
Let these heavy wings unfold?
Why must I carry this heartbreak,
A story nobody told?
Why can't I fly away today?
[Bridge]
I’ve begged the wind to take me,
But it only whispers low.
It tells me that I’m tethered,
To a pain I’ll never show.

female vocals, country, minimal instrumentation with fingerpicked acoustic guitar and soft fiddle; gentle, acoustic, sad, mournful tone