Magpie to the Morning

Magpie comes a-calling, drops a marble from the sky

Tin roof sounds alarming, wake up, child

"Let this be a warning", says the magpie to the morning

"Don't let this fading summer pass you by"

"Don't let this fading summer pass you by"

Black hands held so high

The vulture wheels and dives

Something on the thermals yanked his chain

He smelled your boring apex rotting on the train tracks

He laughed under his breath because you thought that you could

Outrun sorrow

Take your own advice

This thundering and lightning gets you rain

You run an airtight mission, a Cousteau expedition

To find a diamond at the bottom of the drain

A diamond at the bottom of the drain

(Here I go)

Mockingbird sings in the middle of the night

All his songs are stolen, so he hides

He stole them out from whippoorwills and screaming car alarms

He sings them for you, special

He knows you're afraid of the dark

C'mon sorrow, take your own advice

Hide under the bed, turn out the light

Stars this night in the sky are ringing out

You can almost hear them saying

"Close your eyes now, kid"

"Close your eyes now, kid"

Morning's teeth are lit

They are waiting (waiting)

Waiting

They are waiting