Light on Your Feet (Qing song)

Capo 2

Verse 1

C

Open your eyes, feel the sting on your feet

F

The rusty metal sends the pain from beneath

Am

Your toes curl around the cold cages that keep

F

You and your friends in the darkness you see

 —

C

The sleep never comes ‘cause the sounds never leave

F

The screams down the halls of the cages don’t flee

Am

They ring in your ears, there’s no hope you believe

F

‘Cause the light down the hall’s too far ‘way to be seen

Pre-chorus 1

Am

You dream that walls fall they come down breaking

F

The clouds call, the wind in the spring

Am

The grass tall, they say the same thing that

F

One day

Chorus 1

C                                                F

You’ll feel the light on your feet, you feel the grass underneath, your freedom

C                                                F

You’ll throw your wings to the breeze, you’ll let your feathers flow free, your freedom

C                                                F

You’ll feel the light on your feet, you feel the grass underneath, your freedom

C                                                F

You’ll feel the wind and the breeze, you’ll feel the softness beneath, your freedom

Verse 2

The doors, they slide close[d] as the workers go home

[a] thousand birds in the only home that you know

The wind chills your barn, dusty air fills your nose

In a musky cold barn, only home that you know

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Then a voice down the hall’s one that you’ve never heard

A headlamp comes on, [with care not to disturb]

The light turns t’your barn, a soft voice can be heard

“She’s not doing alright, we’ve got to save this bird”

Pre-chorus 2

              Em

And then the walls fall, the cage door opens

       C

Their arms bring you out in the open

       Em                          C

A drive to a place that you’ve never been

Chorus 2

C                                                F

You feel the light on your feet, you feel the grass underneath, your freedom

C                                                F

You’ll throw your wings to the breeze, you’ll let your feathers flow free, your freedom

C                                                F

You’ll feel the light on your feet, you feel the grass underneath, your freedom

C                                                F

You’ll feel the wind and the breeze, you’ll feel the softness beneath, your freedom

Bridge

Am            F

I will rescue you

Am            F

I will break on through

       Am

Because you and your friends they deserve to be well

       F

And we’re breaking you free from this “cage-free” hell

       Am

And we’ll turn these dark places where no one should be

       F

Into places of peace, of sanctuary

F (riff)

Chorus 3 (ending)

C                                                F

(Where) You feel the light on your feet, you feel the grass underneath, your freedom

C                                                F

You throw your wings to the breeze, you’ll let your feathers flow free, your freedom

C                                                F

You feel the light on your feet, you feel the grass underneath, your freedom

C                                                F

You feel the wind and the breeze, you’ll feel the softness beneath, your freedom