Andrew Bird Is a Complete Genious!

Weather Systems by Andrew Bird

quiet
quiet down she said
speaking to the back of his head
on the edge of her bed
i can see your blood flow
your cells grow

hold still a while
don’t spill the wine
i can see it all from here
i can see
i can see
weather systems of the world

and every time you turn the soil
another cloud begins to boil

some things you say
are not for sale
i would hold that we’re
all free agents
of a substance or scale

hold still a while
don’t spill the wine
i can see it all from here
i can see
i can see
weather systems of the world

Don't Be Scared by Andrew Bird

whenever paul thinks of rain, swallows fall in a wave and tap on his window with their beaks
whenever paul thinks of snow, soft winds blow round his head and his phone rings just once
late at night-like a bird calling out, "wake up, paul. don't be scared. don't believe you're all alone."
"wake up, paul," whisper clouds rolling by and the seeds falling softly from the branches of the trees.

"Maggie"

“Maggie"
By: Beth Baber

I will wait for you, will you wait for me?
Time, like water slips through your hands
I’m with you, but time means nothing
Time is not lacing us together
Only a boundary to keep us apart
Oceans growing in between us

Dividing the continents into fragments
They’re shattered; will you use your glue?
So they wouldn’t be separated by any human means.
Play pretend we’re not losing this game
I’m shattered, shattered
I hope you leave behind your glue.

"Sun"

"Sun"
By: Beth Baber

Sun

I love the plants, they greet me.
Fire from my veins, clothes you in warmth,
Yet you destroy me with your machines.
I am the very breathe that keeps your planet.

I can not move, but watch longingly as
Stars shoot through the sky, playing games of tag.
Shooting Stars run free leaving a sparkling trail of diamonds behind them,
They are beautiful from where they are.

Although all of the others circle around me, I feel no comfort.
They are free, to circumnavigate the solar system, I am chained.
They know not what it’s like.
Lonely I feel, wishing to play as the others do.

Oh to shoot through the sky, like I was meant to do!
From afar I seem kind,
But I am fiery, raging,
Lonely, Sun.