Paloma Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh Paloma, the skies have not been kind to you
Oh Paloma, to weather the storm you'd paint it blue
Silent in your struggle, living life like there's nothing wrong
We didn't even notice, all we heard was the morning song
[Chorus]
Until the sky fell into pieces
The night our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
[Verse 2]
My Paloma, where is a broken dove to go?
Oh Paloma, if only you had let me know
Was it joy or sadness that you felt on the night you flew?
I found you fighting in the darkness
There was beauty in there, too
[Chorus]
The night the sky fell into pieces
And our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
Oh Paloma, the skies have not been kind to you
Oh Paloma, to weather the storm you'd paint it blue
Silent in your struggle, living life like there's nothing wrong
We didn't even notice, all we heard was the morning song
[Chorus]
Until the sky fell into pieces
The night our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
[Verse 2]
My Paloma, where is a broken dove to go?
Oh Paloma, if only you had let me know
Was it joy or sadness that you felt on the night you flew?
I found you fighting in the darkness
There was beauty in there, too
[Chorus]
The night the sky fell into pieces
And our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
[Bridge]
Pieces hiding all the pain
Don't put the pieces back again
[Chorus]
The night the sky fell into pieces
And our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
The night sky fell into pieces
And our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
[Outro]
Fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma
One day you're gonna fly
Fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma
One day you're gonna fly, oh
Fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma
One day you're gonna fly
Pieces hiding all the pain
Don't put the pieces back again
[Chorus]
The night the sky fell into pieces
And our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
The night sky fell into pieces
And our life fell into pieces, too
Try to fly against the wind
Even with a broken wing
As the sky fell into pieces
[Outro]
Fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma
One day you're gonna fly
Fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma
One day you're gonna fly, oh
Fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma, fly, Paloma
One day you're gonna fly
About
Genius Annotation
Mika said in an interview:
To a song like, “Paloma…” It’s about my sister and it’s about the night that I found her on railings having fallen from the window of the fourth floor of her apartment… And I’m standing barefoot in my boxers. And she’s dying on the railing. And I’m looking at her, at that situation… when I started writing about it… there was beauty in the fact that I saw her there in the most grotesque situation… She survived, that’s why it’s easier to see the beauty in it.
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Release Date
October 4, 2019
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