Naomi

by Spectator Bird

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When she was just a little thing
Naomi built some paper wings
And she climbed up on the balcony
While I stood on the ground

Naomi pointed to the sky
To warn the birds of her fearsome flight
Her mother caught her just in time
And I stood on the ground

I spent my nights and days there
I am no braver

Before I could ride a bicycle
She said I had to learn to fall
And then she pushed me down a hill
Some days I can hear us laughing still

Some days it's still two little girls
A toehead and a mop of curls
We sing the song that has no words
I'll take the chorus you make up the verse

I sing of rocks and saviors
And still my faith it wavers

But she is never one
To believe in such a thing
As too close to the sun
Her feathers fall all around me

She never writes
She does not call
I'm alone in the fight now
And still her feathers fall

I string them 'round my neck
I pin them to my wings
One day I will be fearless
One day she'll have to see

Naomi

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released January 26, 2019
Lindsey FitzGerald: Vocals, guitar
Rachel FitzGerald: Vocals
Chad Altenberger: Bass, percussion
Written by Lindsey FitzGerald
Photo: 35 mm by someone from our youth

Recorded by Gabriel Taylor at Packing Shed Records in Lovingston, VA. Many thanks to Rapunzel's 15th Annual Songwriting Competition and the Further Ado Foundation for making the recording time possible.

Mixed and mastered by Chad Altenberger at Three Arrows Sound in Harrisonburg, VA.

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