"Bird Set Free" lyrics

"Bird Set Free"

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
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

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
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

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

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
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

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


Thanks to Kate, Kamryn, Hila Maayan for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Sia Furler, Gregory Kurstin
This song had rather a long way before being recorded: according to Sia's interview with Rolling Stone, it was first written for "Pitch Perfect 2" soundtrack (they chose another of her songs, "Flashlight", instead), then it was offered to Rihanna, who rejected it, and then to Adele, who initially recorded it but later decided to let Sia keep it.
Critic Alex McCown of The A.V. Club called this song the "best female empowerment sing-along Katy Perry never wrote".
Sia performed "Bird Set Free", along with "Alive", on the episode of "Saturday Night Live" on the 7th of November 2015.
Keala Settle made a cover version of this song which was released on the 6th of March 2018.
album: "This Is Acting" (2016)
Sia - This Is Acting album cover
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(Target Bonus Track)
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(Target Bonus Track)
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(Spotify Bonus Track)
Confetti
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Move Your Body (Alan Walker Remix)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Midnight Decisions
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Jesus Wept
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
The Greatest
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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