Bluebird - Arab Strap

Dorn this throat I've fallen deep before I had the chance to swing it Well I guess my road has turned to dusty border Tortuous streams had swept me down and back I'm sinking in my fines dress Tell me man am I lost For I'd rather speak the voice of someone else Can I be free as a bluebird In the open sky I'll fly high To be free from my fears is the only wish I have Free as a bluebird in the open sky I'll fly high To be free is the only wish that I have Dorn this throat I've fallen deep before I had the chance to swing it Well I guess my road has turned to dusty border Can I be free as a bluebird In the open sky I'll fly high To be free from my fears is the only wish I have Free as a bluebird in the open sky I'll fly high To be free is the only wish that I have Can I be free as a bluebird In the open sky I'll fly high To be free from my fears is the only wish I have

How the hell does a broken heart get back together when it's torn apart Teach itself to start beating again This little bluebird came looking for you I said that I hadn't seen you in quite some time And this little bluebird came looking again I said we weren't even friends, she could have you Don't you think it was hard I didn't even say that you died But it wouldn't have been such a lie, 'cause then I started to cry This little bluebird sure won't give it a rest She swears that you may be better than all the rest I said, "no, you've got it all wrong If he was something special, I wouldn't have this song" And don't you think it was hard I didn't even say that you died But it wouldn't have been such a lie, 'cause then I started to cry How the hell does a broken heart get back together when it's torn apart And teach itself to start beating again What if when she comes over, I am in your arms, taking all I want from you again How the hell does a broken heart get back together when it's torn apart Teach itself to start beating again How the hell does a broken heart get back together when it's torn apart Teach itself to start beating again Beating again This little bluebird won't come here anymore So I went looking for her, and I found you

I wish you bluebirds in the spring To give your heart a song to sing And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love (I wish) Bluebird in the spring Told me that your new girl makes you sing Guess my loving only clipped your wings So, I let you go I loved you, but I couldn't keep you I was broken, till I learned I didn't need you Feelin' bold, I just might catch a flight to Rio Put my feet up, cheer up Tear up on the beach to Viva La Vida like Frida Bluebird in the spring Told me that your new girl makes you sing Guess my loving only clipped your wings So, I let you go I'll write you a song, I'll never send ya I don't wanna disrespect ya I miss you, I do, but I wasn't for you You look happier I checked, of course (of course) I wish you the best, of course (of course) I'm hurting less, I'm sure To be what you waited for Bluebird in the spring Told me that your new girl makes you sing Guess my loving only clipped your wings So, I let you go (I wish you) bluebirds in the spring To give your heart a song to sing And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love Bluebird in the spring Told me that your new girl makes you sing Guess my loving only clipped your wings So, I let you go So, I let you So, I let you go, I let you So, I let you So, I let you go, I let you So, I let you So, I let you go, I let you go I thought you should know That I wish you bluebirds in the spring To give your heart a song to sing And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love

Kick the sheets off the night And fuck it 'til its legs shake If we can't make it, alright We can make a tiny earthquake And her sound love's sweet Send lover's tongues by night In this black kingdom of touch We hate our life Blow a kiss to the night And leave it on its way now All the fun has taken flight And soon we'll have to face the day now As Heaven falls, the Earth is spun To pull us further from our Sun The war unwon, the deed is done We're just victims of gravity The final song fades out And shadow fills the room And we lie awake, grieving effigies On our pocket-sprung tomb Deepen in decision And deepen in tristesse Loving takes its sleep With just one last cold caress

Sit by me silently and brush my beard. No mess to mop up from the bed today. Will we sit next door and watch the soaps? We've nothing to do and we've nothing to say. Oh, when you go... Recently, we've been somewhat volatile, and last night it starts with that joan osbourne song. I hate it anyway, but you made it worse. I know why you laughed and you should know you were wrong. Oh, when you go... Bird number one taught me I shouldn't trust, that's why I find unfounded doubts abound. But number two proved that with none, we've nothing. And now I'm only happy when you're not around. Oh, when you go...

She lives and laughs until she cries But love-heart shades hide ember eyes In sunlit selfies, teeth and tan A garish drink, a well-toned man But when the sun has turned its back And shadow sharpens its attack Her muscle memory kicks in To lacerate her paper skin She reads the words that fathers, husbands, sons and brothers said But there's no knowing what is going on inside another head She is a ghost, she's an echo And they can't help if they don't know But the day is coming Soon she'll be bare and unknown On a walk in the park in the dark all alone Her key's in her bag, her earbuds full blast To drown out the birds, disposition downcast And she'll call it bliss They said beware of strangers, but now that's all we are Rolling real-time autofiction, reveries with avatars I'm what I think you think I am The same voice sings a different song A hundred billion neurons making it up as they go along I don't know what you know, I know what I believe I know what I can give But I don't know what you receive The knives are sharpened, pistols drawn The boys warm up and flex their brawn Soon hearts are broken, points are scored It's just some banter when they're bored They've always been there, they're not new But now they've got a good venue Let's hope the day is coming When you'll be bare and unknown On a walk in the park in the dark all alone Your key's in your bag, your earbuds full blast To drown out the birds, disposition downcast And you will call it bliss Cowards under camouflage Lobbing hate-bombs, hurling jeers Faceless brutes and bigots Revealing all their boyhood fears Hostility, fragility Rejected, vengeful tattletales We built another world But history and hate prevail