Red Balloons Lyrics - Nelly Furtado

(Verse) 

There's a string wrapped around my finger 

It's getting tighter every day 

And it just goes on forever 

It's wrapped around every word you said 

(Verse) 

It's like a memory, a shoebox in my mind 

Calling out to me to open up and look inside 

It makes me believe and all we could've been 

But all the things we were is just me imagining 

(Chorus - part 1) 

Take these red balloons 

And watch them fly away 

I'm untying my heart 

And letting go today 

(Chorus - part 2) 

Time has come for me to see the truth 

Walk up to the edge 

I'm letting go 

Of these red balloons 

(Verse) 

There's a shadow when I walk forward 

And it keeps trying to hold me back 

I can cry at the strangest moments 

Reminding me of what I can't have 

(Verse) 

Don't wanna find even 

All we could've been 

Cause I'm so tired of 

Everything I'm imagining 

(Chorus - part 1) 

Take these red balloons 

And watch them fly away 

I'm untying my heart 

And letting go today 

(Chorus - part 2) 

Time has come for me to see the truth 

Walk up to the edge 

I'm letting go 

Of these red balloons 

(Bridge - part 1) 

The child in me 

Wants to run and collect 

Every single balloon 

I'll never forget 

(Bridge - part 2) 

The child in me 

Wants to live in a dream 

Of carousels 

And wishing wells 

(Chorus - part 1) 

Take these red balloons 

And watch them fly away 

I'm untying my heart 

And letting go today 

(Chorus - part 2) 

Cause every single dream in the past 

Does nothing for me but hold me back 

Time has come for me to see the truth 

I walk up to the edge and let go of these red balloons 

Red balloons, red balloons, red balloons 

Has been blown away 

Tears are in my eyes 

I say... goodbye