Tin Foil - Andrew Bird

"Tin Foil" by Andrew Bird, on Fingerlings 3

Late New Years Eve paper hat on your head
It was hard to believe that you'd ever be dead
And that dream that you're falling you've had since you're five
Is a bird on your shoulder that whispers goodbye

What is moving will be still
What has gathered will disperse
What has been built up will collapse
All of your dreams are fulfilled

Evil Knievel shot up from dead grass
And I loved him better each time that he crashed
And Liza Minnelli spent a month in her bed
She was certain that Skylab would fall on her head

What is moving will be still
What has gathered will disperse
What's been built up will collapse
All of your dreams are fulfilled

Last night I dreamed that I dug my own grave
And I climbed down inside there to patiently wait
And down in the ground while I breathed the cold air
The blackbirds came down there to nest in my hair

What's moving will be still
What has gathered will disperse
What has been built up will collapse
All of your dreams
All of your dreams are fulfilled
Are fulfilled
Are fulfilled
Are fulfilled
Are

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tin foild
• andrew bird
• fingerlings 3

[Brimzify]

This song is great, I find it hard to belive it has so little views.

[happyunface]

if bob dylan had a pretty voice and whistled instead of a harmonica :)

[navcrowds]

Great cover, Kudos

[ptwonline]

Beautiful song, but I don't understand it. Initially it seems to be about death, or at least things inevitably coming to an end. But based on the title and some of the lyrics...is it about crazy beliefs?

[melonhead334]

marvelous!