Same Streaks

Verse 1

Binoculars up

Heavy

Lenses fogging in the humid heat

Salty

I squint

Brown

Grey

Speckled mud on a thousand wings

Scanning for a notch

Looking for a bar

Finding nothing but the blur

Chorus

Is it a sandpiper

Is it a knot

I don't know what I've got

Is it a sandpiper

Is it a knot

I don't know what I've got

Same beak

Same streaks

Losing my mind on the beach

Losing my mind on the beach

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Identify

Oh oh oh

Identify

Verse 2

Field guide

Wet pages flapping in the gale

Flipping

Tired eyes

Dull

Dim

Leg color is a lie today

Pale yellow

Greenish blue

Everything is blending into one

Staring at the tide

Staring at the silt

Watching for a sign

Chorus

Is it a sandpiper

Is it a knot

I don't know what I've got

Is it a sandpiper

Is it a knot

I don't know what I've got

Same beak

Same streaks

Losing my mind on the beach

Losing my mind on the beach

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Identify

Oh oh oh

Identify

Bridge

Give me a rufous breast

Give me a curved bill

Give me a break

The wind is rising

The light is dying

The flock is flying

They all look the same

They all have no name

Just shadows in the spray

Chorus

Is it a sandpiper

Is it a knot

I don't know what I've got

Is it a sandpiper

Is it a knot

I don't know what I've got

Same beak

Same streaks

Losing my mind on the beach

Losing my mind on the beach

Outro

Just a peep

Maybe a stint

I give up

Going home

Just birds

Oh oh oh

Identify

Oh oh oh