Sufjan Stevens - The Owl And The Tanager Lyrics
All I had hoped for
I kept inside your car
The rabbit in the barn
Most of all I wait
I wait beside the door; I wait beside the door
All I was wrong trembling in the cage
I was diamonds in the cage
In seven hours I consider death
And your father called to yell at me
You little boy, you little boy
Found out you cheated me
I ran behind the barn and cut my hands somehow
Blood in the meadowlark
I punched your ears instead
You only laughed and laughed and laughed
How I was wrong tingling from the kill
Tickle me until you devil bird you evil still
Slept on my arms, sleeping in the sill
I was sleeping in the room with you
You little boy, you little boy
How could you run from me now?
The loneliest chime in the house
The loneliest chime in the house
You let it out you let it out
Come to me Calvary still
I'm weeding and raking until
I'm bleeding in spite of my love for you
It bruised and bruised my will
Counting alluvial plains
The breathing inside of the range
You touched me inside of my cage
Beneath my shirt your hands embraced me
Come to me feathered and frayed
For I am the ugliest prey,
For I am the ugliest prey
The owl, the reckless reckless praise.
You said you'd wait for me
Down by Tannery Creek
Far out by the clothesline where we used to kiss behind the sheets
Wrapped in a blanket of red
The Owl and the Tanager said
The Owl and the Tanager said
One waits until the hour is death
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Sufjan Stevens - Christmas In The Room
- Sufjan Stevens - Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Sufjan Stevens - Angels We Have Heard On High
- Sufjan Stevens - I Am Santa's Helper
- Sufjan Stevens - Ah Holy Jesus (A Capella)
- Sufjan Stevens - Idumea (Sacred Harp)
- Sufjan Stevens - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Sufjan Stevens - Ah Holy Jesus (With Reed Organ)
- Sufjan Stevens - Mr. Frosty Man
- Sufjan Stevens - How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?
- Sufjan Stevens - Ding-A-Ling-A-Ring-A-Ling
- Sufjan Stevens - Ah Holy Jesus
- Sufjan Stevens - Good King Wenceslas
- Sufjan Stevens - Alphabet St.
- Sufjan Stevens - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Sufjan Stevens - Christmas Face
- Sufjan Stevens - A Holly Jolly Christmas
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