The House of Paper Birds

Verse 1

There's a house on the hill where the shutters hang loose

Rust on the gate and a crack in the roof

I slipped through the door on a Sunday in June

And the paper birds froze on their perches like truth

They watched me pass over the dust and the thread

A thousand white wings with no flutters at all

I whispered a secret I shouldn't have said

And the whole flock lifted from the ceiling and the wall

Pre-Chorus

Every lie I let fly

Sets them spinning through the sky

Chorus

Paper birds paper birds come undone

Fold me a feather till the evening's done

Tell them a story they'll circle and hum

Paper birds paper birds on the run

Verse 2

The kitchen still holds to the smell of the bread

Cobwebs like maps on the windows and floor

A stairwell that ends at a sky painted red

I climbed with my hands full of something I swore

The attic was humming a low quiet tune

The birds all turned circles around my head

They rose like a secret the walls had kept strewn

I opened my mouth and the whole room was red

Pre-Chorus

Every lie I let fly

Sets them spinning through the sky

Chorus

Paper birds paper birds come undone

Fold me a feather till the evening's done

Tell them a story they'll circle and hum

Paper birds paper birds on the run

Bridge

Flutter and fold in the pale lantern light

Wing over wing till the rafters go bright

Hush said a voice made of paper and string

Come home come home to the truth on the wing

Chorus

Paper birds paper birds come undone

Fold me a feather till the evening's done

Tell them a story they'll circle and hum

Paper birds paper birds on the run

On the run

On the run