Andrew Bird - Souverian lyrics

rate me

The bells will ring

Church steeple's catching fire

And if you promise spring

Then I know you are a liar

'Cause in the spring

Tender grasses won't burn easily

The thrushes sing

Still my lover won't return to me

Wild parsnips they still scar my lungs

While thistles will burn my feet

And if you join our chorus

You'll never fear anymore

So here it comes, just the chorus

We will meet on a fatal shore

Souverian

Souverian

The elder

Souverian

Souverian

The free

Souverian

Souverian

The felled heart

So very young

So very young

Were we

Birds were singing

Still my lover won't return to me

You promise spring

Still my lover won't return to me

Wild parsnips scar my lungs

And the thistles are burning my feet

So here it comes, the chorus

You will never fear anymore

If you join our chorus

We will meet on a fatal shore

Under the elders

the older get younger

the younger get over

over the elders

and under the elders

pretend that you're older now

Under the elders

the older get younger

the younger get older

over the elders

under the elders

bending the branches down

We were so very young

Still my lover won't return to me

Thrushes sing

Still my lover won't return to me

Wild parsnips they still scar my lungs

While thistles still burn my feet