Bird in Your House - Elysian Fields

Someone once told me what it means

When a bird comes into your house

Is it an omen

Is it a curse

Oh I can’t recall, can’t recall

But in this little story

That’s just what occurred

A strange bird who flew in from afar

She circled the eaves as if she couldn’t decide

Weaving in and out of the window

Finally she settled for a short time

On the south side by the torn curtain

The race of her breast, the twitch of her head

Suggested that she could be hurting

But what can you do for a strange little soul

Whose language isn’t your own

Then she started to sing, sing the strangest things

Of a life, a life that was borrowed

And you heard about things

That you couldn’t believe

Still you needed to hear every song

What does it mean, what does it mean

When a bird comes into your house

What does it mean, what does it mean

When a bird comes into your house

She flew up the chimney, beating her wings

A sound ever so unsettling

A few moments later she just brushed your head

Round and round the rafters she flew

And you sat so still, holding your breath

And told your heart to stop beating

She swooped down, then there she was

Perched in your hand, there she was

She swooped down, then there she was

Perched in your hand, there she was

Her feathers were filthy

Like a cape of dust

But she smelled of almonds and earth

You could see flecks of blue shimmering through

A strange little bird, there she was

Oh did you ever hold a bird in your hand

A hand where she happened to land

Someone once told me what it’s worth

But I can’t recall, can’t recall

I can’t recall, can’t recall