The song is about a person who grew up in a small town and dreamed of more. They felt alone and prayed to break away from their situation. The chorus expresses their desire to spread their wings, learn to fly, take risks and make changes in order to break away from the darkness and into the sun. They won't forget the people and place they come from as they take a chance to have new experiences like feeling the ocean breeze and traveling on trains and planes.
3. Grew up in a small town And when the rain would fall down I’d just stare out my window
4. Dreaming of what could be And if I’d end up happy I would pray (I would pray)
5. Trying hard to reach out But when I tried to speak out Felt like no one could hear me
6. Wanted to belong here But something felt so wrong here So I prayed I could break away
7. [Chorus:]I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to flyI’ll do what it takes til’ I touch the skyAnd I’ll make a wishTake a chanceMake a changeAnd breakaway
8. Out of the darkness and into the sunBut I won’t forget all the ones that I loveI’ll take a riskTake a chanceMake a changeAnd breakaway
10. Wanna feel the warm breeze Sleep under a palm tree Feel the rush of the ocean
11. Get onboard a fast train Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will) And breakaway
12. I’ll spread my wingsAnd I’ll learn how to flyThough it’s not easy to tell you goodbyeI gotta take a riskTake a chanceMake a changeAnd breakaway
13. Out of the darkness and into the sunBut I won’t forget the place I come fromI gotta take a riskTake a chanceMake a changeAnd breakaway
14. Buildings with a hundred floorsSwinging around revolving doorsMaybe I don’t know where they’ll take me butGotta keep moving on, moving onFly away, breakaway
15. I’ll spread my wingsAnd I’ll learn how to flyThough it’s not easy to tell you goodbyeI gotta take a riskTake a chanceMake a changeAnd breakaway
16. Out of the darkness and into the sunBut I won’t forget the place I come fromI gotta take a riskTake a chanceMake a changeAnd breakaway, breakaway, breakaway