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Bird Courage

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1.
Rogue I 02:38
On the way to the top of a mountain I could hear all the waves They were breaking underneath And the rogue in the back He said to the sun "I am here, don't you dare forget me" On the way to the top of a mountain I could hear all the waves They were breaking underneath And the rogue in the back She said to the stars "I am here, don't you dare regret me"
2.
The weight of the world can make you laugh and make you cry, and you dont know why You start making plans to be yourself You try so hard, but you fall apart. From all I've learned and all I've seen The key to life is listening and reasoning Not loving. The weight of the world will let you grow Then let you die, and you wonder why You start making sense, you realize That this is all just the weight of the world Its the weight of the world From all I've learned and all I've seen The key to life is listening and reasoning not loving It's the weight of the world.
3.
With the light bending up and around The curves of a complexity that is Teeth and lips To the ground, pointed at a shadow of a man And the wind blows the hair from a face Revealing the bumps in your skin Once kissed so tenderly, with grace By this shadow of a man And the leaves forming circles in the sound Of air in a perplexity that is Tangled spinning, round and round With your shadow of a man And the wind blows the tears from your eyes Revealing an ocean of green Once held a sparkle, glowing bright Of your shadow of a man
4.
I am not your soldier I am not your long lost man I am stranger staring I just want to hold your hand You are not my springtime You are not my garden grand I am stranger staring And I just want to hold your hand I can tell you fables And you can walk this so-called land I'm just up here sharing I just want to hold your hand I am not your soldier And you are not my garden grand I'm a stranger staring And I just want to hold your hand
5.
All these speeding cars, and stars And the lights in your eyes Reflecting the skies All the neatest things in dreams Are what you've been asking for And more ...More All your greatest fears are near Stalking and breaking ground And found ...Found
6.
I died in your bed Bleeding from my head You cried in my arms From fractured heart Ivory trees sailing seas upon seas I ran all around Your cardboard town Building scenes To make your dreams They see you taking all that you do And giving it to me If only I could see all this clearly
7.
Spring Song 03:34
Foliage barely fools me Blankets all the bearing beauty Ordinary lifetimes Ordinary souls meet Ordinary arms hold and explode Ordinary heartbeats Wandering my mind And discovering the maps of your ideas of Ordinary lifetimes Ordinary souls grow old Ordinary lines on our faces Ordinary fingers to trace them When spring is through Summer's due with it's sun Afternoons spent after you Run! Oranges and reds spin Hazy hues I've seen on senses and skin In the mornings I'm a school kid Buckled shoes and clean and oh so nervous Extra! ordinary glances Extra! ordinary takings of chances Extra! ordinary breaking of branches Extra ordinary leaves crunch And hands slip away When spring is through Summer's due with it's sun Afternoons spent after you Run!
8.
On a winding road I am thinking to myself And I can't understand Why you'd say the things you say All the people talk about Their lives like wasted water In the middle of a drought Still, I can't understand Why you'd say those things you say On a winding road I am singing to myself And I can't understand Why you'd say the things you say? This is something of a life Made out for you by strangers To be treated like a wife...with love. Love
9.
Rogue II 04:00
Are you waiting for me? By the way inform me, are you waiting for me?
10.
Curious 03:03
Found comfort in sleepy skin Drawing cartoons again Following circle spins Carving patterns in the wind Holding off the curtain call Getting lost in the halls Hoping that you won't fall If I don't fall Fell safely on your front lawn Running fast and too far Lifted arms, taking off Racing miles around your yard The Company that you keep It seems it's much more unique Unraveling your braided strings Clung to something I can't keep And holding on for much too long Expecting something you can't be

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All songs written by Erik Meier
*Spring Song cowritten by Carin Beam

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released September 9, 2011

Bird Courage 2011
Produced by Bill Bartholomew, Dave Klym
Mastered by Derek Mazurek at I81.

Erik Meier - Vocals, Guitar
Joanna Levine - Vocals (Tracks 1-6, 8,9)
Bill Bartholomew - Guitar (2,3,7,8,9)
Quinton Gelderman - Percussion (1,2,9)
Dave Klym - Bass (Tracks 2,5,7) Mandolin (Track 4)
Carin Beam - Vocals (Tracks 7,9)
Jane Park - Viola/Violin (Tracks 1,6,7)

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Bird Courage Brooklyn, New York

Bird Courage makes pastoral-astral sound that is drawn from the heart, the land, and the stars. From seeds carefully planted in the heart of Brooklyn, their following is spreading quickly through the North East of the USA and across the Atlantic to the UK and Europe.

Bird Courage is:

Erik Meier
Samuel Saffery
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