Redbird - Kevin Devine

Daydream dying

Covered corners, jigsaw mind

Black site

Flood lights

Halls of hornets

My oh my

It’s getting weirder

Than I projected

It’s saying something

In all directions:

«I held the fear in my mouth

I choked it down and now I’ll never let it out»

Breathing water

Blood & iron in my teeth

Safe word

«Redbird»

Nothing’s working

My oh my

It’s getting weirder

Than I projected

It’s saying something

In all directions:

«I held the fear in my mouth

I choked it down and now I’ll never let it -»

It’s never only the one thing

Always another

Waiting in line

It’s never only the one thing

Always another

Creeping behind

(It's getting weirder

Than I projected

It’s saying something

In all directions)

I see my daughter

She’s ringed in roses

She is a stranger

She doesn’t know who I am

I see my father

Nose in the paper

Tapping a pencil

Working the words to his hands

I see my lover

She’s singing sweetly

And she forgives me

She knows I am what I am

I see it coming

I see it’s here