Beautiful Birds

You remember when we were two beautiful birds

we would light up the sky

when we’d fly



You were orange and red

like the sun when it sets

I was green as an apple’s eye



You said you loved all the songs that I'd sing

but nothing like you’d ever heard

And I said I loved you with all of my heart when we were two beautiful birds



You remember when we were two beautiful birds

we would say when the morning would come

You are silver and blue like the moon when it’s new

I was gold as the summer sun



But one day you asked for a different song

One that I just couldn’t sing

I got the melody sharp

and the words all wrong

Those were the last days of spring



To build a nest we pecked feathers from our chests

Like a book tearing out every page

We weren’t to know that these feathers would grow

Into a beautiful cage