Songbird - Natalie Duncan

It’s getting much colder beyond

The sky’s bright light

I see white smoke fading

Upon last summer’s sun

Dissolving into honey I let

My lonely bones speak louder

And I can’t tell the colour

Of your eyes, but I feel them

Burn a fire through my skin

And the rain runs up

And down my gutters

You hang inside me

Build my sweet ruin

Dust rests on my floor and I dance on its dirt

This home wasn’t made for one

Winter falls upon me, so blue and icy chic

It crawls into my steel heart

And the rain runs up and down my curtains

With tiny feet that I long to find

And I wish I knew you like I knew them

You are more beautiful in the rainfall

There is solitude on the river

She mirrors the dark folk and the haze

You run through me and I shiver

Like black ice on my grave

Ooh, ooh…

Its heavy in my blood

I am no longer light

I feel lead in my chest

Running by the freight trains

I’m hiding with the homely

In their cardboard beds

And I wish I had the touch

Of your hands but I feel them

Running a symphony

And I wish I knew you

Like I knew your songs

But I’m just a wretch

Resting on your chords

There is solitude on the river

She mirrors the dark folk and the haze

You run through me and I shiver like

Black ice on my grave

There is solitude on the river

She mirrors the dark folk and the haze

You run through me and I shiver like

Black ice on my grave

You are my saving grace the songbird

That lands on my hand, to bring me life

I want to cherish you for longer

Than your wings will let you fly