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Birdcage

from BLAM! by The Fascinators

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Well you built walls
Of twigs and feathers
Where me and more
Could brood together
Then we hatched plans
Unsung thoughts dawning
To see this world
To start exploring

They stretched out
Wing by wing unfolding
But I feared what
The air was holding
My pulse jumped thinking
I would fall down
When you told me
‘It’s time to fly now’

Your body is a cage
Your mind is a bird of remarkable plumage
Feathers now gone
I wait for your song
Will you call out our names again

But those days have passed
The years, they soared by
The youth was pulled
From our songs, and I
Never thought I’d see
You slow down
But beats stopped
You returned to hard ground

The cold light flickers
Ever fading
But you brightness
Continues blazing
In this white lino
Mausoleum
You’re held while we
Retain our freedom

Your body is a cage
Your mind is a bird of remarkable plumage
Feathers now gone
I wait for your song
Will you call out our names again
Your body is a cage
Your mind is a bird
Feathers now gone
I wait for your song
Again

*Keep breathing
Just keep breathing
Keep talking
Just keep talking
Oh, don’t leave us now
Don’t leave us now
Leave us now
Leave us now*

*And while our similes and metaphors
Wrap them in mythology
We forget that caged birds contain
Ever complicating connections with liberty
Their constant longing
And sole subject of the song
But should bars that keep them captive depart
They stay
They stay for fear of what awaits them after imprisonment
But they have to go
They have to leave us
Eventually*

Your body is a cage
Your mind is a bird of remarkable plumage
Feathers now gone
I wait for your song
Will you call out our names again

lyrics

The Fascinators are: Al Plant, Emily Snee, Gareth Rhys Prior, Hal Mycroft and Harrison Moore

Produced and Engineered by: Steve Van Niekerk

Sounds and Samples from: freesfx

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from BLAM!, released November 20, 2016

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The Fascinators London, UK

The weird glittery mind child of Emily Snee, Gareth Rhys Prior, Hal Mycroft, Al Plant and Jonathan Oliver, The Fascinators are spreading their own bizarre brand of drag rock/metal across the UK.

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