Birds Without Wings - Michael Aaron (original song)

This is an original I wrote a few years ago, and this is the first time I have managed to get it down in any real way in terms of production. Simply put, it's a song about failed or unrealized dreams, in this case, music. We all have hopes, dreams, goals that enter out minds and push us to reach them, and this is about the ones we don't quite reach. I never got as far as I wanted to with music, for a lot of reasons, some of which are on me. The shitstorm of hip hop and crappy, auto-tuned pop divas didn't help either, but that's neither here nor there. In any event, you don't get what you wanted, or as much as you wanted. I never made music a paying career - and so that is my metaphorical birds without wings - alive, but not flying high. As you come to terms with reality, this shortfall either defeats you, or you learn to live with it. And this is where these videos and recordings I've been making for a couple years now come in - these are my birds, allowed to fly in a very low strata, but this is my reality now - not what I thought it would be, but I still have my songs, my video making, my "art" - for whoever finds it, but really just for me. Despite the passing of these ambitions into a somewhat mellowed middle age that is gaining on me, I still make these things, and they still have a part to play in my life, and that is not bad at all. This song is what would've been the title track to my would-be third CD. Most of the songs on that intended but not formalized CD are found here on my youtube channel, with a couple more still to do. Not sure I will ever get around to making the physical CD really, it seems a tad pointless nowadays, no? In any event, should you wish to own this song, you can buy it on my website, along with all the other little flightless birds that still mean a lot to me.

Thanks for listening and watching.

This song and video is dedicated to two people that have been big supporters in my creative endeavors: my partner Michael and my good friend Taunia, who knows the ebb and flow and elation and frustration that music making can be. Both have been so helpful in these recent years of not letting the little spark go out completely. Thank you both.

Lyrics:

I'm gonna leave this town
I'm gonna change my name
I'm gonna burn that bridge
And take the high road to fame
I'm gonna lick my wounds
Forget all that abuse
I'm gonna live like a king
And get free from the truth...

But I never learned to fly...
And I never get that high

I'm gonna learn how to love
I'm gonna bury that rage
I'm gonna write it all down
Healing page by page
I'm gonna turn this around
And make something sing
I'm gonna tear through the rough
For the diamonds it brings

I am all these things
These birds without wings
I am all these things
These birds without wings...

I'm gonna run like hell
I'm gonna sleep through the night
I'm gonna burn this past
Til it pales in my sight
And I'm gonna find someone to love
Give him all that he needs
And take different roads
And go wherever they lead

I am all these things
These birds without wings
I am all these things
These birds without wings...

Never learned to fly, never learned to fly...

This was me in my youth
This was all I had planned
But like a bird without wings
I can't get free from this land...

And I never learned to fly...

I am all these things
These birds without wings
I am all these things
These birds without wings...

Never learned to fly, never learned to fly...
Never learned to fly, birds without wings...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• birds
• without
• wings
• michael
• aaron
• shibbopics
• taylor
• guitars
• after
• effects
• canon
• t2i
• garage
• band

[gayajay]

Michael, you can sing of "Birds Without Wings" all you want but it won't change what you really are. Something better.., YOU'RE AN ANGEL WITH WINGS!!!

It's a rare thing to find myself at a loss for words but this is one of those moments. This song had me crying like a baby whilst it wiped the tears away.

MICHAEL.., YOU MUSIC HEALS! CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? IT HEALS!

I am so grateful to have discovered you! You are, indeed, one of the very few artist to carve their place in my heart!

AJ

[shibbopics]

@gayajay AJ, your comments are beyond flattering. I sincerely appreciate you viewing my song. Thank you.

[navim49]

Michael you are flying my friend. This song soared out out my speakers as a fully formed musical masterpiece. A beautiful composition with perfectly matching words. I'm with you on the whole auto tuned, manufactured pop vibe that has so tainted music. Have too many generations grown up with this as their daily intake to know any different? Maybe. Singer song writers get a reasonable press I'd say. Anyone for a musical revolution? Now, how do you that? Perhaps we'll just bide our time!

[shibbopics]

@navim49 Navim, it was a labor of love - and I really appreciate you listening to my indulgences! I neer seem to do enough originals, but encouragement like this sure helps and is always appreciated!

[RobElliottMusic]

excellent tune and wonderful production..first class.

[shibbopics]

@RobElliottMusic Wow thanks, Rob!

[13thunderwolf]

Truly truly beautiful piece, this tugged at my heartstrings......we are lucky to have found such talent....

[shibbopics]

@RomanFalk thank you for the kind words, RomanFalk!

[shibbopics]

@4fulsealteam Thanks Robin!

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@BigLoveZone Thanks Big Love!