Wheels Up, Walls Down
Track 29 of Velvet Altitude
[ Lyrics ]
Wheels up, walls down, I finally feel free. Left my guard in the overhead, heart on delay, one too many 'almosts' turned into safe ways. Met you in Dubai haze, kissed through the static, but I was counting exits while you called it romantic. All those five-star goodbyes dressed like hello, I was a ghost in the lobby, never letting you know how much I was holding, how tight I was wound — 'til this plane hit the clouds and my feet left the ground. No more pretending I'm fine in the storm, no more rehearsing the words to stay warm. This altitude’s honest, stripped every lie — finally learning to want what’s on the inside. Wheels up, walls down, I finally feel free. Sunlight through the cabin, no more ghosts of you and me. Wheels up, walls down, I’m not afraid — got my own love to carry me. Packed just one suitcase, left the drama behind, even the memories light when you’re designed to fly, not to fit in a corner somewhere. You said, 'Don’t change,' but I needed more air. Saw my reflection in the window at thirty thousand, and for the first time, I didn’t flinch, didn’t shatter. Smiled like I knew her — the me that I lost — boarding passes and scars, finally no cost. No more love in the quiet, no more wars in the glance, no more splitting my soul just to look like a chance. I don’t need saving, I just need space — this sky’s where I found my grace. All the nights I played smaller, all the lies I called armor — gone with the wind, gone with the view. The deeper I fell, the louder I grew. Wheels up, walls down, I finally feel free. Sunlight through the cabin, no more chains of you and me. Wheels up, walls down, I’m not afraid — got my own love to carry me. Wheels up — walls down — I finally feel free. Walls down… Yeah… I finally feel free.