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Sagittarius (Unplugged)
Maya — Album 5: Stripped

Sagittarius (Unplugged)

"It's been there the whole time I wasn't looking"

[Verse 1 - reading the sign for the first time] November twenty-third to December twenty-first Fire sign, mutable, the ninth house and the archer I typed it into a search bar was just wondering And somehow everything I read was about me

“Freedom loving, brutally honest, can’t be contained” “Restless by nature, needs to roam, resists the cage” “Born with an arrow pointed towards those they can’t see yet” “Optimistic even when they absolutely shouldn’t be”

[Pre-Chorus - voices slowly getting energized] It’s me, definitely me It’s like reading my soul The whole thing is so accurate Never felt so right before

[Chorus] Sagittarius It’s been there the whole time I wasn’t looking Sagittarius The arrow pointing somewhere past the goal I thought I knew “Can’t be tamed” they said it like a warning Turns out it’s a description Sagittarius I have been exactly this The whole entire time

[Verse 2 - reading more of the sign] “Philosophical, always looking for the deeper meaning” “Direct to the point of sometimes being blunt” “Gets restless when they’re not moving toward something” “Loves the journey even more than arriving”

“The cage doesn’t work they’ll find a way around it” “Give them a horizon and they’ll run straight for the edge” “They don’t need permission they were already going” “You can call it reckless they call it following the thread”

[Pre-Chorus - voices fully on board] All this time I was fire The whole time I was free And no one could ever cage me Or contain the arrow I fire

[Chorus] Sagittarius It’s been there the whole time I wasn’t looking Sagittarius The arrow pointing somewhere past the dreams I thought I knew “Can’t be tamed” they said it like a warning And I spent half my life wondering why it wouldn’t stick Sagittarius I have been exactly this The whole entire time

[Bridge - the recognition landing] I’ve been reading the chart for the last two hours And every single line sounds like a description Of what I have been fighting and becoming Since before I had a word for it

“Needs freedom more than comfort” “Truth over everything, even when it costs” “Born to question, born to wander, born to teach” “The fire doesn’t spread because it’s uncontrolled— It spreads because it’s real”

[Pre-Chorus - voices genuinely excited now] And THAT is why— (the need to be free!) And THAT is why— (the questioning!) And THAT is why— (the implosion!) Makes complete sense (suddenly makes sense)

[Final Chorus - key lift, most expansive moment] Sagittarius It was always going to look exactly like this Sagittarius The archer aims before they see where they’ll land They said “can’t be tamed” like it was a problem I’m reading it now like a map back to myself Sagittarius I have been exactly this And I’m just getting started

[Outro - something new in the tone] Taking my aim, Hands shaking, Pulled the strings, Held my breath, With everything I had, I let it loose, Into the great beyond, Hoping to find myself (shots fired, shots fired)