This Bird Don't Fly
from Stuck Inside by Anders/O'Bitz
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This song is a reading and criticism of the Emily Dickinson poem below:
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - (314)
BY EMILY DICKINSON
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - (314)
BY EMILY DICKINSON
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
lyrics
This Bird Don’t Fly
(©2021 Anders/O’Bitz)
What she wrote on hope
A pretty bird song and all
Perched and singing in all souls
For all time
Was this her storytime
Nothing too dark oh no
For this young old soul
It might seem so
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
This bird don’t fly
It’s perched just so
False hope
Sings eternal
If the bird don’t fly
If the wrong kind of hope
False songs
Ask much more
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
Wrote so much during warrin’ time
Hard to keep hope pure and at all alive
Without lyin’ so
And don’t forget all that genocide
And slavery at home
Some hope
Impure and low
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
This bird don’t fly
It’s perched just so
False hope
Sings eternal
This bird don’t fly
This bird don’t fly
This bird don’t fly
This bird don’t fly
(©2021 Anders/O’Bitz)
What she wrote on hope
A pretty bird song and all
Perched and singing in all souls
For all time
Was this her storytime
Nothing too dark oh no
For this young old soul
It might seem so
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
This bird don’t fly
It’s perched just so
False hope
Sings eternal
If the bird don’t fly
If the wrong kind of hope
False songs
Ask much more
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
Wrote so much during warrin’ time
Hard to keep hope pure and at all alive
Without lyin’ so
And don’t forget all that genocide
And slavery at home
Some hope
Impure and low
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ahh oh
This bird don’t fly
It’s perched just so
False hope
Sings eternal
This bird don’t fly
This bird don’t fly
This bird don’t fly
This bird don’t fly
credits
from Stuck Inside,
released November 13, 2021
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O’Bitz - Electric Guitar, Piano
Mike Butler - Bass
Matt Lynott - Drums
Jenn Grinels - Backing Vocals
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O’Bitz - Electric Guitar, Piano
Mike Butler - Bass
Matt Lynott - Drums
Jenn Grinels - Backing Vocals
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Anders/O'Bitz California
Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more
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