Keep My Wings

Hiding in the bathroom

I really feel I have to

Pray my dad doesn't find me

This is taking so long

But it has to be done

It can't wait

I've been holding my breath

Get really frightened to death

As I hear someone knocking

To my biggest horror

I can hear my father call my name

Things can't end this way

My back is bleeding and I'm in such pain

Can't see through my tears

They're falling like rain

I must hide the knife, clean the blood, he can't see

I'm growing wings

Feathers are scattered all over the floor

It's what my dad sees as he walks through the door

He stares at me, he's not pleased, can't believe

I'm growing wings

Several years have gone by

And even though I did try

My dad still won't accept me

I'm strapped down in a lab chair

Don't really want to be here

So I beg and break away

I fight the doctors

Throw them to the floor

I won't be a part of this mutant cure

I'll take a risk, take a chance, take a stand

They can't cure me

My harness breaks and I jump from the chair

They all back away as my wings cut the air

I'll make him see that I'm free, he'll believe

He can't cure me

Dad says it's a better life

It's what everybody wants

Then I tell him "No, it's what you want"

I make my way to flee the scene

My dad screams

As I dash through the glass

I spread my wings and I soar through the sky

I'll stay a mutant 'til the day that I die

I took a risk, took a chance, made him see

He won't cure me

I know that I'll find my place in the sun

A haven for mutants where I can belong

I'll be happy, I'll be free, I'll be me

I'll keep my wings

Keep my wings

Keep my wings