I knew a man who wore his heart upon his sleeve And not for lack of trying Found he could not leave This town behind And here he stays And alone he walks these empty streets And desperately he stumbles as he seeks Something he can't find Born to live, born to die Born to fall, born to fly I will give my spirit and my blood Born to live, born to love I knew a girl Who turned and looked the other way Who never in her life had learned to say The words inside her soul But she knew Oh, she knew her heart was gone Stolen like the darkness from the dawn Without a hand to hold Born to live, born to die Born to fall, born to fly I will give my spirit and my blood Born to live, born to love Here I stand Blinking in the blinding light Fallen like the sparrow from his flight And left alone And now I see Now I see without you I am weak And all I ask is that you mend my broken wings And bandage up my brittle bones Give me strength to bear this load But, let me try to fly back home Born to live, born to die Born to fall, born to fly I will give my spirit and my blood Born to live, born to love