Songbird

from Wilt by Mammoth Indigo

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"Songbird"

All my friends - Yeah, I left them both for dead
Their ghosts float around my head
Mad they did not catch the memo
Whenever you sweep the dirty floors
You scan the scene, your heartbeat hurts
I've lost my words, there's never dirt
On the writer's side of the typewriter
I'm dying for my dreams, but am I hurting yours?
It's only been a year, I've done four U.S. tours
I don't want to hit the end, I don't want to turn back
Be a debt collecting dad in the back of a van

You don't have to have it all
Those golden circles on the wall
How could I break your heart
If I never had it from the start?

This is what breaks you the most
This is what chills your bones
This is what breaks you the most
This is what kills your bones

This is what breaks you and cuts at your throat
I was my worst fear and I didn't know
I wanted to taste you and never go home
I spent all of this year out there on the road

All that I found wasn't what I desired
All of the weight loss and drinking in bars
I am a pro now at acting the part
I sing all my guts out and laugh at my art

I just want to see you and give you my love
I'm out here in Phoenix they cancelled the show
Was I not your Songbird, was that just a joke?
The prettiest punchline that you ever wrote

My friends are all dying
I can't catch my breath
I dress up in black now to match the events
We've all got thorns - Yeah, they prick and they poke
I imagine your veins burst a red blooming rose

I wish I could get back everyone that I love
I'm not your Songbird and you're not my Dove (x2)

credits

from Wilt, released April 13, 2018
Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Zach Jones
Mastered by Dave Harris, Studio B Mastering
Album Art & Layout by Jason Link
Sky Photo by Jake Saxman
Management, Caitlyn Margulis
Lyrics by Cody Bowers
2018 Virginia Milkshake Publishing

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Mammoth Indigo Los Angeles, California

discography

Dreamcatcher

Mar 2021
Wilt

Apr 2018
Whiskey King

Mar 2018
Full Bloom

Feb 2018
Flowers In The Basement

Jan 2018
Mammoth Indigo

Aug 2013
Rapture (Single)

Jun 2013

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