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Sound and the Fury

from Birdhouse Live by Birdhouse

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Caddy fixed the dark into his eyes
said "I'm leaving without goodbyes"
Quinten fell right into his heart
no words to choose, and nowhere to start
Benjy bit the wall and threw the years
with no words to express through tears
Land of the bull, the broken blues
toss of the coin but you know you'll lose

Buzzards sail like clouds outside
Mother is in her room where she slowly dies

It's too late to say goodbye
It's too late to say goodbye

Benjy found them out drenched by the moon
they confessed it could never be true
Father sold the land to pay the mind
Benjy cried yet mother must unwind
Quinten wrote those letters to his grave
condemned a life he could never save
Caddy married wrong to some foreign seed
it was premature and it must concede

Mercy and guilt govern this town
It sailed in through the west and captured all the sound

"You know I won't be around.
You know I won't be around."

"You're gambling never saved a thing
the market's done and no seasons bring!
You can follow me down, if you choose,
you can follow me down, you know you'll lose!"
Quinten sits forever beneath foreign light
water bids him his last lullaby
Caddy sits forever by his grave,
condemning a life she could never save

"They say a flower grows on every mile.
The sound and the fury last a while!

"Remember how you smiled...
remember how you smile."

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from Birdhouse Live, released December 22, 2011

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Birdhouse Santa Cruz, California

Formed in 2010, Birdhouse is a group of creative song-writers, poets, and composers that capture the California sound with youthful energy and force. The band has recorded two EP's, a live album and has shared the stage with bands like Melvin Seals & Jerry Garcia Band, The Mother Hips, Jackie Green, The Wooden Sky, Father John Misty (Fleet Foxes), OAR, Gomez, and many other bands. ... more

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