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The Owl and the Tanager

Song info

"The Owl and the Tanager" (2010) on the album All Delighted People(2010).

"The Owl and the Tanager" Videos

The Owl And The Tanager
The Owl And The Tanager
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager live at Manchester Apollo 19/05/11
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager live at Manchester Apollo 19/05/11
The Owl and The Tanager - Sufjan Stevens (Lyrics)
The Owl and The Tanager - Sufjan Stevens (Lyrics)
The Owl and The Tanager - Sufjan Stevens - Manchester Apollo - 31st August 2015
The Owl and The Tanager - Sufjan Stevens - Manchester Apollo - 31st August 2015
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager (Live in Gateshead)
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager (Live in Gateshead)
sufjan stevens - the owl and the tanager
sufjan stevens - the owl and the tanager
Sufjan Stevens, The Owl and the Tanager, Austin (Bass Concert Hall), May 13, 2015
Sufjan Stevens, The Owl and the Tanager, Austin (Bass Concert Hall), May 13, 2015
The Owl And The Tanager
The Owl And The Tanager
The Owl and The Tanager - Sufjan Stevens - Edinburgh Playhouse - 30th August 2015
The Owl and The Tanager - Sufjan Stevens - Edinburgh Playhouse - 30th August 2015
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl And The Tanager (VIDEO) SWLN Edition
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl And The Tanager (VIDEO) SWLN Edition
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl & The Tanager
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl & The Tanager
The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens (Cover)
The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens (Cover)
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and The Tanager @ Massey Hall 2015
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and The Tanager @ Massey Hall 2015
Sufjan Stevens "The Owl and the Tanager" @ Cirque Royal (Brussels)
Sufjan Stevens "The Owl and the Tanager" @ Cirque Royal (Brussels)
The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens Cover
The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens Cover
the Owl and the Tanager-Sufjan Stevens
the Owl and the Tanager-Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager - SLC, Utah, November 1, 2010
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager - SLC, Utah, November 1, 2010
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager (Fan Video)
Sufjan Stevens - The Owl and the Tanager (Fan Video)
The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens - Le Grand Rex, Paris - 8th September 2015
The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens - Le Grand Rex, Paris - 8th September 2015

Lyrics

All I had hoped for
I kept inside your car
The rabbit in the barn
Most of all I wait
I wait beside the door; I wait beside the door

All I was wrong trembling in the cage
I was diamonds in the cage
In seven hours I consider death
And your father called to yell at me
You little boy, you little boy

Found out you cheated me
I ran behind the barn and cut my hands somehow
Blood in the meadowlark
I punched your ears instead
I punched you in the head
You only laughed and laughed and laughed

How I was wrong tingling from the kill
Tickle me until you devil bird you evil still
Slept on my arms, I was sleeping in the sill
I was sleeping in the room with you
You little boy, you little boy

How could you run from me now?
The loneliest chime in the house
The loneliest chime in the house
You let it out you let it out
Come to me Calvary still
I'm weeding and raking until
I'm bleeding in spite of my love for you
It bruised and bruised my will

Counting alluvial plains
The breathing inside of the range
You touched me inside of my cage
Beneath my shirt your hands embraced me
Come to me feathered and frayed
For I am the ugliest prey,
For I am the ugliest prey
The owl, the reckless reckless praise.

You said you'd wait for me
Down by Tannery Creek
Far out by the roadside where we used to kiss behind the sheets
Wrapped in a blanket of red
The Owl and the Tanager said
The Owl and the Tanager said
One waits until the hour is death


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