The Prey

Bill Callahan - All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast

LRC by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang

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The leafless tree looked like a brain

The birds within were all the thoughts and desires within me

Hoppin' around from branch to branch,

or snug in their nests listenin' in



An eagle came over the horizon

and shook the branches with its sight

The softer thoughts: starlings, finches, and wrens

The softer thoughts, they all took flight



The eagle looked clear through the brain tree,

emptying thoughts saved for me

Maybe I'll make this one my home,

consolidate the nests of the tiny

Raise a family of might like me



Then something struck him, wings of bone

Sweet desires and soft thoughts were all gone

The eagle shrieked, "I'm alone"



Well it was time to flee the tree

The eagle snuck up on the wind one talon at a time

Being