Paper Boats & Iron Skies

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Quiet kitchen Kettle hums Steam on the window Morning sun Stack of dishes Unpaid bills You trace a circle On the sill [Chorus] Paper boats and iron skies Soft hands holding heavy times We get bruised But we don’t break We bend We burn We heal We ache Sing it low Then sing it loud We are small and we are proud Paper boats and iron skies Still we rise Still we rise [Verse 2] Old guitar case By the door Same three stickers From before You hum a story Half a tune Bare feet tapping Across the room [Chorus] Paper boats and iron skies Soft hands holding heavy times We get bruised But we don’t break We bend We burn We heal We ache Sing it low Then sing it loud We are small and we are proud Paper boats and iron skies Still we rise Still we rise [Bridge] If the world falls hard tonight (oh-oh) Let it crash outside We’ll build kingdoms out of crumbs Side by side Side by side [Chorus] Paper boats and iron skies Soft hands holding heavy times We get bruised But we don’t break We bend We burn We heal We ache Sing it low Then sing it loud We are small and we are proud Paper boats and iron skies Still we rise Still we rise