"Bird Set Free" Oil on Canvas

Sia sings a beautiful song titled "Bird Set Free".  It is one of those songs that finds a home within my own experiences.  (Don't all the best songs do that?)  While doing a study on Degas and his ballerinas, I found my own wings.  Although I am not a singer, my song is in my art.  

Bird Set Free

Sia

Clipped wings, I was a broken thing

Had a voice, had a voice but I could not sing

You would wind me down

I struggled on the ground, oh

So lost, the line had been crossed

Had a voice, had a voice but I could not talk

You held me down

I struggle to fly now, oh

But there's a scream inside that we all try to hide

We hold on so tight, we cannot deny

Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive, oh

Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide

We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no

I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die, yeah

And I don't care if I sing off key

I find myself in my melodies

I sing for love, I sing for me

I shout it out like a bird set free

No, I don't care if I sing off key

I find myself in my melodies

I sing for love, I sing for me

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

Now I fly, hit the high notes

I have a voice, have a voice, hear me roar tonight

You held me down

But I fought back loud, oh

There's a scream inside that we all try to hide

We hold on so tight, we cannot deny

Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive, oh

Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide

We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no

I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die, yeah

And I don't care if I sing off key

I find myself in my melodies

I sing for love, I sing for me

I shout it out like a bird set free

No, I don't care if I sing off key

I find myself in my melodies

I sing for love, I sing for me

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

I'll shout it out like a bird set free

Songwriters: SIA FURLER,GREGORY KURSTIN

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