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First They Appear
10:33
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I wish I was a little sparrow
And I had wings and I could fly
I'd fly away to you my lover
And when you'd speak I would deny
But I am not no little sparrow
I have no wigs, neither can I fly
I'll sit right down in my grief and sorrow
And let my troubles pass me by
Come all ye fair and tender maidens
Take warning how you court young men
They're like the stars of a summer's morning
First they appear and then they're gone
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What bird sings to me when I am alone at night?
Whose voice do I hear but my own
Crooning someone else's hollow lovesongs?
Listen to the bird, his masculine ritual of desperation, all stolen beauty
And for all our disapproval still we learn to steal
This is no longer a game for me when I know real love exists
How dare I ignore it because it doesn't fit into existing stories
We must write our own
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I remember the rooster who lived next door to you
Crowing at an hour that hardly felt like morning
But the sunlight was there too
And I acted the perfectly devoted partner as you went to work
And still this was not enough once you had had a piece of me
Once I'd written a song about you, now make it two, make it three
Now, color everything that looks like romance with distrust
And the very wise refusal to believe anything
Unless it could be stated and enacted constantly forever and always
I have finally learned what I wish had been instinct
To run deftly away from anything resembling love
Because its very definition is lies
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The Mockingbird Has Gone
05:50
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The crows have found my village and all the death in it
Even the mockingbird is gone, found somewhere that's still green
Nothing but a murder lives here with me
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No Little Sparrow Martinez, California
No Little Sparrow is a dark ambient project from Erica Mulkey (Unwoman), largely using cello, vocal, and birdsong sources.
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