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daylight_darknight ([personal profile] daylight_darknight) wrote2010-01-24 03:50 pm

A Quote and My New Favorite Song

...only those with their feet on rock can build castles in the air.
- Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

Such A Common Bird

I am a lone wolf
a beauty and a beast
both hunter and hunted
soft tongue and sharp teeth
I´m toned from my travels
yet raw from this road
as I drink from storm puddles
and the stories I´m told

Help me figure this out
help me figure you in
you´re a shadow to me
that I echo when I sing
Help me figure this out
help me figure you in
To this simple little melody

I have seen angels
they were sleeping in gutters
they were standing in bank lines
they were jumping from towers
they were calling like seagulls
but nobody heard
such a beautiful message
from such a common bird

We want freedom for ourselves
but we can´t give it to each other
We want peace between nations
yet we battle with our lovers
we´re blinded by billboards
and trying to get ahead
choking on ambition
and the words left unsaid

I am a lone wolf
a beauty and a beast
both hunter and hunted
soft tongue and sharp teeth
I´m toned from my travels
yet raw from this road
as I drink from storm puddles
and the stories I´m told

Help me figure this out
help me figure you in
you´re a shadow to me
that I echo when I sing
help me figure this out
help me figure you in

- Performed by Ane Brun, Written by Wendy McNeil