Sparrow Song is a song about being mixed up and confused.
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Down-tuned one whole step. (Follow standard tuning chord forms)
Am
I was the sparrow
Em
heading for the window pane
Am
I was the gibbon
Em
out in the rain
F G
I tried hard to be hopeful
Am
I was the spirit
Em
hanging over the shepherd
F
though I tried hard to be something hopeful
Chrous:
Am
Am I a master
C F
when I am blind?
Am
Am I a master
C F
when wisdom is time?
I was a father
with a child slain
I was a pariah
burning out a candle while the hungry prayed
I tried to be something hopeful
I was a paper weight
over images of doom
though I tried to be something hopeful
Chorus
There was a time in youth
when i controlled the truth
and the tether was tight against the pole
Now I am a slave
I plant every grave
though i tried to be something hopeful
