Name: Magpie
Duration: P00H04M52S
Description: keyboard is amp and reverb recorded with iphone mic and vocals recorded with macbook mic! garageband as always ofc <3 (apple should be paying me?)

Magpie

by Star Moles

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keyboard is amp and reverb recorded with iphone mic and vocals recorded with macbook mic! garageband as always ofc <3 (apple should be paying me?)

lyrics

silver satin mouse
living in your house
a material so ethereal
no wonder you keep it to yourself

well, you're becoming quite the magpie
every object helps you get by
and oh, if it shines, it's king
all of my things
disappear before my eyes
and show up sparkling under the streetlight

little birdie

i don't blame you
because i'm just the same as you
magpie
you and i

your back is breaking but you're keeping it to yourself
fetching all the pennies from the wishing well
we can be so blind to all each other's burdens
and we only catch the hurting
so we take it to our person

no one's so unkind but everyone's diverted
and we only catch the hurting
so we take it to our person

and the world just seems so gray
encased in a dome of clay
but if we cooked it, yeah
and then shattered it, yeah
would we see the light of day

and somewhere out on the open ocean
overcome so suddenly with such emotion
the ship's captain realized he was trapped
in the hull of a life that he never wanted
now all his dreams are haunted

by the leaves in the trees

and I don't blame you
because I'm just the same as you
magpie
you and i

magpie, i would have given
my rings and ribbons to you
but you made it through
the blizzards and the flu
then you took a turn, took a turn
for the worst

all the surgeons
doctors and nurses
they all sighed

for that little mouse
tidying up your house

you disappear before our eyes
and show up sparkling under the streetlight

she's got what it takes
and though she could command you
she fully understands you
she knows your back would break

she's got what it takes
love and understanding
love and understanding
that your back would surely break

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released October 11, 2022

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