I got lost in the woods, in the dark. Never got out.
Side A2 on the double A-side 7'' limited release vinyl published by Butterfly Effect (which also contains a secret third track and hand-painted lyric sheet) - two copies still available to purchase.
lyrics
I hear black birds, croak of crows
Ten long years of walking
looking for a dream of snow.
I hear black birds, fighting rooks
In the dark and overhead
The songbirds must be long dead.
I hear black birds, in the trees
I hear them
fight and fall
The past was burnt I see
smoked salty souls are dancing high
We take we test
The future fades out west
we are lost time brought low
and I hear black birds
Liars have a tendency
to vanish unexpectedly
the key is knowing when it’s time to go
I’d like to think you stepped outside
And found us both a sailing tide
But I see floods and killing fields
And I hear black birds in the trees
I hear black birds
They are singing
I hear black birds
They are hunting
The horizon drifts another mile away
The words mean more when you’ve forgotten how to pray
the birds are gathering
there’s feathers in your hair
we stood still for far too long
and I can hear them can you hear them I can hear them can you hear the blackbirds
I hear blackbirds, croak of crows
Ten long years of walking
looking for a dream of snow.
I hear black birds, fighting rooks
In the dark and overhead
The songbirds must be long dead
Songbirds must be long dead
Songbirds are dead.
credits
from Mutual Birds,
released October 12, 2020
Music, lyrics, artwork by Francoise Harvey
Produced by Rob Irish
Release on vinyl by Butterfly Effect records
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