[Lyric] Birds (Longneck)

Downy coat
Letting loose its feathers, as if
I am molting, like I am shedding
This year completely
And I face the cold
Bare-skinned and ready

I’m still as large as the world that I was born in
I bear the weight of my essence every morning
Loss of feathers doesn’t make my shadow any smaller
I resolve to stand a little taller
I resolve to stand a little taller

Silver hairs
Hidden like some long-forgotten and overgrown trail
Buried wild in a forest that keeps growing and keeps growing and keeps growing
Where the light turns everything
Dappled as a grey horse, as a starling’s winter plumage
One day, they’ll be more intrusive

I’m still as large as the world that I was born in
I bear the weight of my essence every morning
And I’m so tired of submitting always to this pressure
But it doesn’t make me something lesser
No, it doesn’t make me something lesser
I resolve to drink alone no longer
I resolve to start the new year stronger

I’m still as large as the world that I was born in
I bear the weight of my essence every morning
Loss of feathers doesn’t make my shadow any smaller
I resolve to stand a little taller
I resolve to stand a little taller