[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I saw a shadow cross the valley line

Golden wings in a different sky

And I thought if I just learned to fly like that

Maybe I’d finally feel alright

So I copied every move I could see

Stretched my wings like they belonged to me

But the wind don’t lie when it pushes back

It knows what you’re not meant to be

[Pre-Chorus]

I kept chasing what I couldn’t hold

Tried to turn feathers into gold

But the higher that I tried to climb

The more I left myself behind

[Chorus – Hook]

I’m not built that way, no I’m not built that way

You can’t turn a crow into a sky parade

I broke my wings just trying to stay

Where I was never meant to stay

So I’m learning now, it’s okay to say

I’m not built that way

[Verse 2]

They said “look up, that’s where the winners go”

So I tore myself just to fit that mold

But every version that I tried to be

Felt like someone else wearing me

And I watched that eagle in the light

Never asking if it’s wrong or right

Just being what it was from the start

While I was falling apart

[Pre-Chorus]

Maybe strength ain’t in pretending more

Maybe it’s knowing what you’re for

‘Cause the truth I couldn’t understand

Was I was never made for that land

[Chorus – Hook]

I’m not built that way, no I’m not built that way

You can’t turn a crow into a sky parade

I broke my wings just trying to stay

Where I was never meant to stay

So I’m learning now, it’s okay to say

I’m not built that way

[Bridge]

Maybe I don’t need to rise that high

Maybe my truth was in the ground all this time

And peace don’t come from touching the sun

It comes from knowing what you are when you’re done

[Final Chorus – bigger]

I’m not built that way, and that’s okay

I don’t need to be the sky they made

I found my voice in the mess I made

And I won’t trade it away

No I won’t trade it away

I’m not built that waySo I stopped trying to be the sky

And learned to live as I am tonight