Footprints and Flight

(mmmmm-mmm) Used to measure life in how high I’d climb

In scraped knees, bedtime stories,

summertime

The world was small,

and everything was bright

I knew just what I wanted,

day and night

Now I look in the mirror and someone’s there Half a kid,

half someone I’m yet to wear Familiar face but stranger underneath

Trying to figure out what life really means

Some days I want to run back to the start

Some days I want to fly with all my heart

Caught between the girl I was before

And who I’m hoping I’ll be more and more

Growing up is strange and soft and wild

Learning how to be myself while I’m still the child

Leaving footprints I don’t know the end of Finding out I’m stronger

than I thought of I’m still figuring it out,

still turning the page

Some days I’m scared,

but I feel brave

Not finished yet, not done,

not all sewn up Just growing into who I’m gonna be,

love

I keep old photos tucked inside my drawer

Of days that felt like they would last forevermore

Now plans change like the weather,

friends drift apart

And I learn it’s okay to sometimes fall apart

I make mistakes, I say the wrong thing too I worry I’m

not doing what I’m supposed to But then I take a breath

and keep on going There’s no straight line,

just a road that’s showing

Nobody hands you a map of the way You just step out

and learn as you play

It’s okay to look back,

it’s okay to sigh

It’s okay to wonder who you’ll be by and by The little

girl lives here inside of me

And she’s proud of who I’m starting to be

Growing up is strange and soft and wild

Learning how to be myself while I’m still the child

Leaving footprints I don’t know the end of

Finding out I’m stronger than I thought of I’m still figuring it

out,

still turning the page

Some days I’m scared,

but I feel brave Not finished yet,

not done,

not all sewn up

Just growing into who I’m gonna be,

love One step at a time,

one day at a time

I’m growing up, and I’m doing just fine (doing just fine)