What For - Jess Klein

I lived my life safely

Makin' steps like a baby

Til I sat in an old car

Pushed the petal to the floor

I chased the hawks through the windshield

I knew my heart was well concealed

Til I came to an open stage

Where I’d open the cage

And soar

What for we open our minds

Let our strange obsessions in

What for we dare to be kind

Though they’ve beat us to our shins

What for we give them what for from our tough as tender cores

All the times I felt beat up

Or been I told I should I shut up

All the times I told someone

They could save me or enslave me

But your rare soul example

Gives a night flyer ample

Fuel for the burning

And the turning up

For more

When you think

I’ll be the beacon you could come to

On these waves we’re tossed

But your struggle makes me humble

And when you feel blind

I will see where you could run to

Cause we are all in this together

And if you take my love

You’ll never want for more