Canary Lyrics

Canary
Triumphant:
Miners all dead
The old town
Once vibrant
Now drenched in strings
An old soul
Attractive
In a younger man
A sad girl
An old trope
We do what we can
Too obtuse
For mystery
Give me God straight
The only thing hideous
About you is me
Is me
I thought I heard a sigh
I thought I heard the sigh of a lesser God
But it was just children shouting
Dancing in the shadows of new towers
Oh I, I thought I heard a sigh
I thought I heard the sigh of a lesser God
But it was just the grinding of the street below
Then I saw a bird's shadow cross my window
A pay phone's
A tribute
To the breathing hard:
Totemic
And winking
To the obsolete
If water surrounds you It's the island that's out of place
If mountains move towards you
Let the tears
Let the tears
Let the tears of joy
Cover your face
I thought I heard a sigh
I thought I heard the sigh of a lesser God
But it was just children shouting
Dancing in the shadows of new towers
Oh I, I thought I heard a sigh
I thought I heard the sigh of a lesser God
But it was just the grinding of the street below
Then I saw a bird's shadow cross my window
No esoterics
No failed skin
Give me the broken world
As it is, as it is
No transcendence
No gnosis
Give me the world
As it is, as it is
No transcendence
No second sight
Give me the tunnel
The ending, the light

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