We Turned into Birds (Illinois) Lyrics

I was a lonely little child On the banks of a river wide She was most beautiful and blue And had rest on the other side Unfurling foam Far from every stone And the trees began to s...Read Full Lyrics

You loveless sonThe best is yet to comeThe rain just held you upThe rain just held you in my languered armsOnce strong enough to hold the load you carried in the deepest corners of...Read Full Lyrics

Lend me your ears for a whispery cinderAnd I lay on your lap how I left love limberA drip from a kiss that was sucked from a loverWith a swish and a spit now condemned to the gutte...Read Full Lyrics

What’s that silvery sound?A girl with a wounded gownClattering up my streetA silence in secrecyAll the tarnished, they humble meAnd everything I foundIs just laid out and yes Iâ€...Read Full Lyrics

W e made love in your carDown by the 44’sA haunting now that I’m your passengerAnd the light from the street Washed over our feetLike some sublime sacred offeringBut now I’m ...Read Full Lyrics

There you said itSo it’s over nowTrapped, trialled, and sentenced by your own mouthIf I could just impart to youOne thing I’ve learnedIs that the end will come in a form of lov...Read Full Lyrics

And every home we've known is sentenced And I'm no asking you to change your name But I can't see you, I can't see you now I'll cut away somehow Left a hole in the cold September d...Read Full Lyrics

Hey, my swansong sounds like a remedyTake your bad medecine, you can't catch meNo you can't catch meLoad me upSometimes it fits like I wanna see, but then these fits take a hold of...Read Full Lyrics

Cane came and he weighed my name against the sunWith cold coalescent moon for each deed I’ve doneI’ve scratched and choked (the dawn) against the wallFor each tree and rock and...Read Full Lyrics

The darkness was vague and indecipherableSo I stared at my clock radioAnd it whispered to me you’re responsibleSo I stared at my bedroom doorAnd the dim outlines it madeOn into t...Read Full Lyrics