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Sparrow Eyes

from No Creature Is Hidden by Former Ruins

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lyrics

You held me in a mother's arms
Down in the breadline
She wore her millefleurs dress
She watched me with sparrow eyes
Because she knows how I
Can be a punchline
That everyone knows
Something about an altar
I am a crawler
And I know inside
I know inside
You're there
More than I am
Even to myself

So I could try to flee from your sight
Or fold myself into a beam of light
Or become any kind of thing I like
But what I am is known to you
And I can't get all the way away from you
You know I can't
Get all the way away from you

You were hounding me
From heaven
When you caught me outside
Down by the water
Or at the end of time
No creature is hidden
And neither was I
Because you know how I
Can be a punchline
That hits a little close to home
You lead us to the altar
All us belly crawlers

And if I'm curving in
And see nothing but my sins
You're there
Deeper than I have been
Even within myself

But we have tried to flee from your sight
In a browser, in a boardroom, on our bed at night
We've become all the kinds of things we've liked
And the emptiness calls out to you
Cos we can't
Get all the way away from you
You know we can't
Get all the way away from you

You see me and you know me
That can be a terrifying thought
But I'm as real as a rabbit
In a fiery field
And my best hope
Is getting caught

I was told
To embrace the shadow
I never felt more free
But at the end of the day
It covered everything
So please
Come recover me

Cos what we are is known to you
What we are is made for you
What we are is known to you
What we are is made for you

And I heard you pouring your heart out to mine
For what must have been the thousandth time
When I was struck by the lightning from eternal light
And now my body is a bell at the sight of you

And I can't keep anything
Away from you
You know I can't keep anything
Away from you

I want to fly to your open side
And be underwing under sparrow eyes
And see you wingspread against a broken sky
And be remembered back to you

Cos I can't
Keep anything
Away from you
You know I can't
Keep anything
Away from you

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from No Creature Is Hidden, released June 9, 2023

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