Lisa Hannigan Little Bird lyrics

Your heart sings like a kettle
And your words they boil away like steam
And a lie burns long
While the truth bites quick
A heart is built for both, it seems

You are lonely as a church
Despite the queuing out your door
I am empty as a promise
No more

When the time comes
And rites have been read
I think on you often
But, for once, I meant what I said

I was salted by your hunger
Now you've gone and lost your appetite
And a little bird is every bit
As handy in a fight


I am lonely as a memory
Despite the gathering 'round the fire
Aren't you every bird
On every wire?

When the time comes
And rites have been read
I think on you often
But, for once, I meant what I said

Here I stay, I lay me down
In a house by the hill
I'm dug from the rubble
And cut from the kill
(repeat twice then last 2 lines 3 times)