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forest song

by a small bird

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Single from my upcoming album /in transit/, out August 7th!

All album sales are currently divided between the BLVC MN-area defer list, Trans Women of Color Collective, and the Trans Justice Funding Project. May change to other Black-and-queer-led organizations as needed. Changes will be announced on all channels.

Thanks all!

lyrics

I had a dream we drove to the nature preserve,
Sat on the dam while the lake froze over.
And our friends were there,
Real friends, the kind you don’t lie to,
Even if it’s kind to.

Bare-legged from sneaker to thigh,
But the ticks and centipedes were all gone by this time,
And the winter kissed our skin
Like the hands of royalty,
Only cold enough to lean you into holding me.

Do you want to roll in the dirt
Till the voices in our heads grow so hoarse they hurt?
I want to dance on the roof,
But just for a second and then stay in my room for good.
I was the kid who walked all the way around
‘Cause the fence was too high, and I hadn’t done enough to die.
We’re running out of time,
And it’s been on my mind
Night after night.

If we could vacation in some enchanted wood,
Park in the lot and get glamoured up good, and
Meet creatures bathed in illuminated dust,
Who will never say the kind of things some people say to us,
And we’d go dancing in the trees,
Uncoiled from our minds,
Wondering if there’s really people
Who feel this all the time.

And I would feel better than fine,
Until two hours in, and we've already run out of time,
Rush from event to event,
so desperate to get an ineffable something from this.
We’d say why can’t we live our lives
Each precious second and definite day at a time?

I had a dream we drove outside the city limits
Til the houses gave way to the overwhelming image
Of the trees against the sky,
the mirror in your eyes,
The old tableau of you and me alone tonight,

I want to roll in the dirt
Till the voices in our heads grow so hoarse they hurt.
I want to dance on the roof
With the right kind of moves of a body that’s honest for good.
And I’m walking all the way around
Cause the fence is too high, and there’s never a good time to die.
Running out of time,
But you’re running beside.

credits

released July 28, 2020
music & lyrics by a small bird
mixed by a small bird
mastered by Jake Zeisel

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a small bird Chicago, Illinois

a small bird is the solo project of a queer trans artist based in Chicagoland.

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