such a common bird - ane brun by ierogamos
Written by Wendy McNeill Ane Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist originally from Norway. Since 2000 she has lived in Stockholm, Sweden, where she started her own independent record label DetErMine Records together with The Tiny´s leadsinger Ellekari Larsson in 2002. *** I am a lone wolf a beauty and a beast both hunter and hunted soft tounge and sharp teeth I´m toned from my travels yet raw from this road as I drink from storm puddles and the stories I´m told Help me figure this out help me figure you in you´re a shadow to me that I echo when I sing Help me figure this out help me figure you in To this simple little melody I have seen angels they were sleeping in gutters they were standing in bank lines they were jumping from towers they were calling like seagulls but nobody heard such a beautiful message from such a common bird We want freedom for ourselves but we can´t give it to each other We want peace between nations yet we battle with our lovers we´re blinded by billboards and trying to get ahead choking on ambition and the words left unsaid