Ignorance
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โฑ๏ธ 2:30 duration
๐ ID: 5902071
๐ Lyrics
I was woken up in the early morning, after my flight
By a sound I could not grasp, I did not recognize
Running like water, two toned, and tangled
Like a briar holding many sounds, all at once
"It was a magpie", you told me as you handed me a coffee
The black and white bird you see in city parks
And you pointed out the window, looking straight in at me
A black and white bird sitting on the fence
I thought about the man who called it a magpie
Confronted by the great expanse of his ignorance
He wanted to name it, to detain it forever in that small phrase
It seemed like a shame to give it a name
But then again, I don't understand anything the way I'm supposed to
I drag every river for meaning, scrape my hand on every ceiling
I never know what to say or not say
What to honour or betray in any given day
But I never got used to the sound of the magpie
It set my skin on edge, called like a child
Like a dog, like the wind caught in a fence
When we talked, it interrupted
And I would never know what it meant
By a sound I could not grasp, I did not recognize
Running like water, two toned, and tangled
Like a briar holding many sounds, all at once
"It was a magpie", you told me as you handed me a coffee
The black and white bird you see in city parks
And you pointed out the window, looking straight in at me
A black and white bird sitting on the fence
I thought about the man who called it a magpie
Confronted by the great expanse of his ignorance
He wanted to name it, to detain it forever in that small phrase
It seemed like a shame to give it a name
But then again, I don't understand anything the way I'm supposed to
I drag every river for meaning, scrape my hand on every ceiling
I never know what to say or not say
What to honour or betray in any given day
But I never got used to the sound of the magpie
It set my skin on edge, called like a child
Like a dog, like the wind caught in a fence
When we talked, it interrupted
And I would never know what it meant
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.33] I was woken up in the early morning, after my flight
[00:07.22] By a sound I could not grasp, I did not recognize
[00:15.17] Running like water, two toned, and tangled
[00:20.39] Like a briar holding many sounds, all at once
[00:29.40] "It was a magpie", you told me as you handed me a coffee
[00:37.31] The black and white bird you see in city parks
[00:44.32] And you pointed out the window, looking straight in at me
[00:51.82] A black and white bird sitting on the fence
[00:59.10] I thought about the man who called it a magpie
[01:03.59] Confronted by the great expanse of his ignorance
[01:09.87] He wanted to name it, to detain it forever in that small phrase
[01:19.76] It seemed like a shame to give it a name
[01:27.74] But then again, I don't understand anything the way I'm supposed to
[01:35.01] I drag every river for meaning, scrape my hand on every ceiling
[01:42.67] I never know what to say or not say
[01:46.21] What to honour or betray in any given day
[01:51.69]
[01:56.12] But I never got used to the sound of the magpie
[02:00.84] It set my skin on edge, called like a child
[02:05.24] Like a dog, like the wind caught in a fence
[02:10.91] When we talked, it interrupted
[02:15.45] And I would never know what it meant
[02:18.90]
[00:07.22] By a sound I could not grasp, I did not recognize
[00:15.17] Running like water, two toned, and tangled
[00:20.39] Like a briar holding many sounds, all at once
[00:29.40] "It was a magpie", you told me as you handed me a coffee
[00:37.31] The black and white bird you see in city parks
[00:44.32] And you pointed out the window, looking straight in at me
[00:51.82] A black and white bird sitting on the fence
[00:59.10] I thought about the man who called it a magpie
[01:03.59] Confronted by the great expanse of his ignorance
[01:09.87] He wanted to name it, to detain it forever in that small phrase
[01:19.76] It seemed like a shame to give it a name
[01:27.74] But then again, I don't understand anything the way I'm supposed to
[01:35.01] I drag every river for meaning, scrape my hand on every ceiling
[01:42.67] I never know what to say or not say
[01:46.21] What to honour or betray in any given day
[01:51.69]
[01:56.12] But I never got used to the sound of the magpie
[02:00.84] It set my skin on edge, called like a child
[02:05.24] Like a dog, like the wind caught in a fence
[02:10.91] When we talked, it interrupted
[02:15.45] And I would never know what it meant
[02:18.90]