Testo caged bird

why do you write me letters
why don't you come to me
why do you think it's better not
to be too near
why don't you recognize
that our love needs to thrive
if you don't wanna change your mind
we won't survive
why you got all these secrets
locked up deep inside
if you had nothing but love for me
you'd share your whole life
why can't you just see
that you're a thing of beauty
if you could only try to
open up to me

i don't wanna be a cage-bird anymore
i don't wanna be a cage-bird anymore
(now i let you know) now i let you know
i don't wanna be a cage-bird anymore
since fear lives here
there's no room left
since fear lives here
we live a slow death
since fear reigns here
there's no space for
love, love!

you're always watching never touching me
you only listen never talk to me
and when i cry you never hold me tight
are you afraid i'll fly away when you open doors

i don't wanna be a cage-bird anymore
i don't wanna be a cage-bird anymore
(now i let you know) now i let you know
i don't wanna be a cage-bird anymore
no bird no cage

since fear lives here
there's no room left
since fear lives here
we live a slow death
since fear reigns here
there's no space for
love, love!

(don't you understand
the opposite of love is fear
and the opposite of fear is love)

now just stop writing letters
and come over here
together we can shatter
this cage made of fear