"Preybirds (The Watched Version)" lyrics
(feat. Sparkbird)
Birds of prey spiral around my head
They hiss songs of your birth, they caw visions of death
I've watched it happen again and again, haunted by
A thousand kind beginnings and a thousand bloodied ends
I shouldn't play with fate
But what if once, I could make you safe?
So while you think you're alone
You cast two shadows down the road
Where you have buried all your past lives' bones
The two red suns in the sky blink, my pity-filled eyes
Hoping the heartlines will change this time
If you'd just look up, I could be your guide
Why can't I catch your eye how you've caught tens of mine
Eye in the sun
You're all I see
Why don't you look at me?
(I'm the embers bright)
(Flitting lightning flies)
(Blinks my eye in the sun)
(In the hints of split sky)
(I'm the dying fire)
(In the birthing light)
(And I'll break every bind)
(That I'm blighted by)
You're blind to all my warning cries
When I speak in dust devils, crop circles, flocks of mayflies
So I've no choice but to come down
Pardon my steps shaking the ground
So while you think you're alone, you cast two shadows down the road
Where you have buried all your past lives' bones
The two red suns in the sky blink, my pity-filled eyes
Hoping the heartlines will change this time
But the birds on my shoulders prepare for a feast
You can taste it in the air, the soon-to-be dead meat
Eye in the sun
You're all I see
Why don't you look at me?
Ooh, ooh, ooh
At the highest ridge, in the thunder's crash
I will bare my scars to the lightning's lash
I will kneel at the sound of a violent cry
And I'll kiss every sword that I'm conquered by
Your breath heaves down my neck, wrestlin' me 'way, but you're too late
My body rests, dagger in chest
The heart in my hands drips, as my soul crawls from splintered ribs
To eclipse your head, and beg again
For revenge (for revenge)
Oh, you may think you're alone if you hide from the shadows
You can bury bones but not the souls
And two red suns in the sky will be the light to build your pyre
They're my blank and pitiless eyes
Every death births a bird to this wretched flock
Forever tethered to your life but cursed to only watch
Catastrophe
Repeat until
You look at me (look at me)
(So while you think you're alone, you cast two shadows down the road)
(Where you have buried all your past lives' bones)
Look at me (look at me)
(See my two sun eyes, feel my slow moving thighs)
(Tumbling dust in a dimming tide)
One day I'll come reckoning (one day I'll come reckoning)
(Hear the squabble angry caws of our wretched flock)
(Forever tethered to your life but cursed to only watch)
Wearing the feathers of our souls as wings (wearing the feathers of our souls as wings)
(At the highest ridge, in the thunder's crash)
(I will bare my scars to the lightning's lash)
(I will kneel at the sound of a violent cry)
(And I'll kiss every sword that I'm conquered by)
(Embers bright)
(Flitting lightning flies)
(Blinks my eye in the sun)
(In the hints of split sky)
(I'm the dying fire)
(In the birthing light)
(And I'll...)
They hiss songs of your birth, they caw visions of death
I've watched it happen again and again, haunted by
A thousand kind beginnings and a thousand bloodied ends
I shouldn't play with fate
But what if once, I could make you safe?
So while you think you're alone
You cast two shadows down the road
Where you have buried all your past lives' bones
The two red suns in the sky blink, my pity-filled eyes
Hoping the heartlines will change this time
If you'd just look up, I could be your guide
Why can't I catch your eye how you've caught tens of mine
Eye in the sun
You're all I see
Why don't you look at me?
(I'm the embers bright)
(Flitting lightning flies)
(Blinks my eye in the sun)
(In the hints of split sky)
(I'm the dying fire)
(In the birthing light)
(And I'll break every bind)
(That I'm blighted by)
You're blind to all my warning cries
When I speak in dust devils, crop circles, flocks of mayflies
So I've no choice but to come down
Pardon my steps shaking the ground
So while you think you're alone, you cast two shadows down the road
Where you have buried all your past lives' bones
The two red suns in the sky blink, my pity-filled eyes
Hoping the heartlines will change this time
But the birds on my shoulders prepare for a feast
You can taste it in the air, the soon-to-be dead meat
Eye in the sun
You're all I see
Why don't you look at me?
Ooh, ooh, ooh
At the highest ridge, in the thunder's crash
I will bare my scars to the lightning's lash
I will kneel at the sound of a violent cry
And I'll kiss every sword that I'm conquered by
Your breath heaves down my neck, wrestlin' me 'way, but you're too late
My body rests, dagger in chest
The heart in my hands drips, as my soul crawls from splintered ribs
To eclipse your head, and beg again
For revenge (for revenge)
Oh, you may think you're alone if you hide from the shadows
You can bury bones but not the souls
And two red suns in the sky will be the light to build your pyre
They're my blank and pitiless eyes
Every death births a bird to this wretched flock
Forever tethered to your life but cursed to only watch
Catastrophe
Repeat until
You look at me (look at me)
(So while you think you're alone, you cast two shadows down the road)
(Where you have buried all your past lives' bones)
Look at me (look at me)
(See my two sun eyes, feel my slow moving thighs)
(Tumbling dust in a dimming tide)
One day I'll come reckoning (one day I'll come reckoning)
(Hear the squabble angry caws of our wretched flock)
(Forever tethered to your life but cursed to only watch)
Wearing the feathers of our souls as wings (wearing the feathers of our souls as wings)
(At the highest ridge, in the thunder's crash)
(I will bare my scars to the lightning's lash)
(I will kneel at the sound of a violent cry)
(And I'll kiss every sword that I'm conquered by)
(Embers bright)
(Flitting lightning flies)
(Blinks my eye in the sun)
(In the hints of split sky)
(I'm the dying fire)
(In the birthing light)
(And I'll...)
