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Birdcage
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Acoustic, harmonies, chilled out, relationships.
A combination of Tom Nash from 'A Nash Odyssey' and Ashley Morton from 'Accolade Sky', Nashley is a 'supergroup', if you will. If you won't, we're an 'awesomegroup'. Nah, just yanking your chain. We play acoustic guitar and singing harmonies. Or attempt to, at least.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #1,691
Peak in subgenre #411
Author
Tom Nash & Ashley Morton
Rights
Tom Nash
Uploaded
March 12, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:47
Story behind the song
The lyrics to this song make me cringe a little - it’s definitely my most ‘clichéd emo’ song. Actually, I don’t mind the use of the ‘bird’ metaphor that’s all too horribly familiar in modern music - it couples nicely with the fact that the chorus opens with two clichéd phrases concerning birds. But rhyming things like ‘cage’ with ‘enraged’? Ouch. Anyway, it’s about being crushed in a relationship. It’s about being treated more like a pet than a person, and feeling unbelievably trapped by the one person who should be making them feel free. I quite like the second verse, since it demonstrates that twisted moment when you realise that actually, you’re hurting, and you have no control.
Lyrics
A bird in the hand is good, and it's worth two in the bush But neither compare to one trapped in a birdcage When I try to fly, I find you've blocked the sky With metal bars, and it gets me pretty enraged I live in my own mess; it adds to my distress And to be honest, I'm feeling quite insulted 'Cause no matter what I sing, or how wide I spread my wings I can never be everything you wanted And sometimes I feel like I'm the only person at my party But through the thin walls I hear your calls, so I follow Walk into the kitchen and everyone is bitching about my latest screw-up I bear it with a grin but my blood grows thin at your smile A bird in the hand is good, and it's worth two in the bush But neither compare to one trapped in a birdcage When I try to fly, I find you've blocked the sky With metal bars, and it gets me pretty enraged I live in my own mess; it adds to my distress And to be honest, I'm feeling quite insulted 'Cause no matter what I sing, or how wide I spread my wings I can never be everything you wanted And sometimes I feel like I'm the only driver on the road My funds are low and I can't afford the toll But I feel alright and my headlight's bright until I notice all the road kill And they bear my face, and your name's on my number plate A bird in the hand is good, and it's worth two in the bush But neither compare to one trapped in a birdcage When I try to fly, I find you've blocked the sky With metal bars, and it gets me pretty enraged I live in my own mess; it adds to my distress And to be honest, I'm feeling quite insulted 'Cause no matter what I sing, or how wide I spread my wings I can never be everything you wanted Yeah, I know I'm trapped inside a birdcage (x 8) (overlaid the last 4:) A bird in the hand is good, and it's worth two in the bush But neither compares to one trapped in a birdcage (x3) No matter what I sing or how wide I spread my wings, I can never be everything you wanted.
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