Sparrow

I've been waiting on a promise given to me Folding all the corners and testing with my teeth You wouldn't let a sparrow fall down So how come I'm still testing my crown? And ripping off the edges and crumpling in my hands How often must I formulate my plans? You wouldn't let a sparrow fall down I don't know a thing about mapping my routes A compass in my hand the only clue So come and relinquish all my duties I have They're weighing me down, and I can feel a canker spreading Begins at my hands, and the feet is where I'm dreading Perhaps I'll surrender it all And you'll hold me real close I'll follow you Even when my limbs hang loose Even when my body should refuse to I'll follow you Even when my limbs hang loose Even when my body should refuse You unfold the paper and with a writer's pen you show My understanding was not overgrown You wouldn't let a sparrow fall down So you begin adjusting my crown Encrusting all the jewels and bandaging around the rim Where edges previously cut through my skin You wouldn't let a sparrow fall down I don't know a thing about mapping my roots The compass in my hand the only clue But then you relinquished all my duties I had They were weighing me down, and then I felt a canker spreading Began with my hands and the feet was where I was dreading But then I surrendered it all And you still hold me real close I'll follow you Even when my limbs hang loose Even when my body should refuse to I'll follow you Even when my limbs hang loose Even when my body should refuse I'll follow you (I release my grip and let the paper float away) Even when my limbs hang loose (could my worry add an hour to my day?) Even when my body should refuse to (you wouldn't let a sparrow fall down) (Now I sit boldly wearing my crown) I'll follow you (feeling like a prophet and no longer like a fool) Even when my limbs hang loose (no, I will not wait for stirrings of the pool) Even when my body should refuse (you would let a sparrow fall down) (Now I sit boldly wearing my crown)