"The Bird Song" lyrics

She was a bird
I was an arrow
Both of us sure
We were sword and a sparrow

Still when we flew
We never knew

There in the air
I felt her feathers
First all at once
Then all together

When I went through
That's when I knew

I'm a killer and a killer is a bad, bad thing to be
She's a giver and a giver's even worse to folks like me
'Cause I never really wanna be the one to hurt somebody
But it just keeps happening, yeah it just keeps happening

I was a bird
He was an arrow
I was allured
By the straight and the narrow

What could I do?
His aim was true

Straight to the heart
I let it happen
I couldn't hardly
Have ever imagined that

When he went through me
He'd hate what he's doing
And make me feel stupid
For choosing him too

'Cause I'm a giver and a giver is a bad, bad thing to be
He's a killer and a killers even worse for folks like me
'Cause I never really wanna feel the hurt from anybody
But it just keeps happening, yeah it just keeps happening

Yeah it just keeps happening

Falling
Never to fly again
Darling
Together when everything's
Fading
The shade of the trees in the dark

I'm in
Love with the idea of
Dying
With you in my arms but not
Like this
We can't really help who we are

We can't really help who we are
We can't really help who we are
Damned to the end from the start
We can't really help who we are

We can't really help who we are
We can't really help who we are
Damned to the end from the start
We can't really help who we are

We can't really help who we are
We can't really help who we are
Damned to the end from the start
We can't really help who we are

She was a bird
I was an arrow
Both of us sure we were sword and a sparrow
I was a bird
He was an arrow

We can't really help who we are