Origami Bird

from The Book of British Trees LP by The Powdered Earth

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Rachael H The lyrics really resonate and the melody is like wrapping the softest cashmere around myself. Thank you George and Shane 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Favorite track: Origami Bird.

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lyrics

We spent our summers reaching
For sticklebacks in streams
But yesterday’s a false friend
Though distantly, she gleams

Now we’re older
Still buffered by the company we keep
We’re mostly seated
Deafened by the lullaby of sleep

We couldn’t always buy things
So we made them with our hands
Floating boats from paper
And planes with rubber bands

Echoes cast long shadows
But they’re devils in disguise
The nowness of the moment
Conceals its own demise.

Time in the creases of an origami bird
Each fold and recess holds a story to be heard
Pull the head and tail and moments rise in flight
Droplets in a mist that melts the light

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from The Book of British Trees LP, track released August 28, 2020
written and produced by George Moorey & Shane Young
mastered by Katie Tavini

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The Powdered Earth are Gloucester, UK based writer/producer duo George Moorey and Shane Young.

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