Sparrow Eyes Lyrics

You held me in a mother's arms

Down in the breadline

She wore her millefleurs dress

She watched me with sparrow eyes

Because she knows how I

Can be a punchline

That everyone knows

Something about an altar

I am a crawler

And I know inside

I know inside

You're there

More than I am

Even to myself

So I could try to flee from your sight

Or fold myself into a beam of light

Or become any kind of thing I like

But what I am is known to you

And I can't get all the way away from you

You know I can't

Get all the way away from you

You were hounding me

From heaven

When you caught me outside

Down by the water

Or at the end of time

No creature is hidden

And neither was I

Because you know how I

Can be a punchline

That hits a little close to home

You lead us to the altar

All us belly crawlers

And if I'm curving in

And see nothing but my sins

You're there

Deeper than I have been

Even within myself

But we have tried to flee from your sight

In a browser, in a boardroom, on our bed at night

We've become all the kinds of things we've liked

And the emptiness calls out to you

Cos we can't

Get all the way away from you

You know we can't

Get all the way away from you

You see me and you know me

That can be a terrifying thought

But I'm as real as a rabbit

In a fiery field

And my best hope

Is getting caught

I was told

To embrace the shadow

I never felt more free

But at the end of the day

It covered everything

So please

Come recover me

Cos what we are is known to you

What we are is made for you

What we are is known to you

What we are is made for you

And I heard you pouring your heart out to mine

For what must have been the thousandth time

When I was struck by the lightning from eternal light

And now my body is a bell at the sight of you

And I can't keep anything

Away from you

You know I can't keep anything

Away from you

I want to fly to your open side

And be underwing under sparrow eyes

And see you wingspread against a broken sky

And be remembered back to you

Cos I can't

Keep anything

Away from you

You know I can't

Keep anything

Away from you