What it's about
“Just the afternoon, and whatever it wanted from me.”
“Paper Wings” came from thinking about the wonder we carry so naturally as children, and how quietly we can lose touch with it as life fills with responsibilities, expectations and places we need to be.
As a child, something as simple as a paper airplane can make the world feel enormous. We notice the small things because we’re actually there for them.
“Paper wings still catch the wind every now and then” is about those moments when life slows down enough for us to return to that place. When we stop thinking about what’s next and become completely present with what’s right in front of us.
The song isn’t about going backward or escaping adulthood. It’s about remembering that the childlike wonder is still there. Sometimes all it takes is slowing down enough to feel the wind again.