angeles en el ascensor

This was another one that lived as two lines in English for a few years before switching to Spanish brought it to life. It was inspired by a photo that a friend shared with me of her young daughter back stage at the ballet, one of a group of small dancers dressed as angels. They were crammed into a freight elevator and being delivered to their first ever performance on a very big stage at a very important show and the nervousness, excitement, and hope are all over their faces. It struck me as so ironic that they were there stuck in the elevator with such spirit and with wings that couldn’t take them anywhere. It seemed like the perfect analogy for being human… hopeful beings with wings, waiting for an opportunity to fly, stuck in an earthly box.  -- Anna

lyrics     © Anna Hungerfield-Lynch
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Ángeles en el ascensor (x3)
A ver si podemos volar
Sí podemos… sí podemos…  sí podemos volar (x2)
 
Con mochila de piedra, carro sin rueda
Aveces alas cerradas, almas desplazadas
 
Los pies en la escalera (x3)
Ahora la subimos
Andando en la calle (x3)
Ahora repetimos
 
Con mochila de piedra, carro sin rueda
Aveces aves, alas cerradas, almas desplazadas
 
Verás…
 
Ángeles en el ascensor (x3)
Dejamos el castigo
 Sí podemos… sí podemos…  sí podemos volar (x3)

Photograph by Anna Hungerfield-Lynch