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Birds On The Skylight

from Our Krypton Son by Our Krypton Son

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    22.06.23

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    "Our Krypton Son isn’t just one of the all-time greatest Northern Irish debuts: it’s right up there with the very best albums from these shores full stop. Ten years on, it remains an essential entry point to a singular songwriting talent." - Brian Coney (The Thin Air/The Quietus/Rolling Stone)

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lyrics

There are birds on the skylight
and chains round my heart
They pick at the bones of this affair
that was picked at from the start
A woman tore through my horizon
and took my love apart
There are birds on the skylight
and chains round my heart

There are birds on the skylight
and an aching in my gut
My steps ring lonely through the streets
with the stray cats and the mutts
I hear our song playing in my ears
stuck in an endless rut
There are birds on the skylight
and an aching in my gut

Outside the city clock strikes noon
and then strikes noon again
The sun is shining on the heads of the righteous
while the rest of us pray for rain
You get tired of pulling punchlines
and dishing out the blame
There are birds on the skylight
Birds on the skylight again

I'm going west, don't wanna be found
I wanna be lost instead
I'll write a prayer of absolutes
and nail it above our bed
Then burn this building to the ground
for all that we left unsaid
I got birds on the skylight
and bad thoughts in my head
bad thoughts in my heart

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from Our Krypton Son, released March 28, 2013

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Our Krypton Son Londonderry, UK

Dream pop. Melodramatic popular song. Debut album produced by Sam Williams (Supergrass, The Go Team) and released on Smalltown America Records.

Second album FLEAS & DIAMONDS was shortlisted for NI Music Prize Album of the Year 2017.

Produced by Ryan Vail, latest album MODERN RUINS shortlisted for NI Music Prize Album of the Year 2020. ... more

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