Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Promise Is a Pendulum, artist - Big Thief.
Date of issue: 10.02.2022
Song language: English
Promise Is a Pendulum |
I could never build the ether, or the grass overgrown |
I could never build the river with a mouth full of foam |
Could never build the winter with her cold tears of glitter |
I’ve been listening to the red oak, the acorn she cries |
Listening to the white birch, the paper she dries |
Listening to the frog’s joke, listening to the fire smoke |
I could never tell you now what I had often said before |
Because promise is a pendulum, just swinging at the door |
And I’m not saying I’m not jealous, or scared anymore |
I’m just saying |
I could never make a rainbow, or any kind of flower |
Could never make a sparrow, or a meteor shower |
Could never build an earthworm, never make the earth turn |
I’ve been listening to the laughing of the fox down the trail |
Clasping to the listening of the moss to the snail |
Ooo |
The shimmer of the beech leaves, as the wind does a big sneeze |
I could never tell you now, but I had often said before |
Because promise is a pendulum, just hanging at the door |
And I’m not saying I’m not jealous, or scared anymore |
I’m just saying |
I could never make the shadow between your cheek and your eye |
Could never make a freckle or the warm breath you sigh |
The canopy of lashes with the softness of ashes |
I’ve been listening to the memory, the way that it was |
Been listening to the echo of whys and because |
Listening to the echo, telling me to let go |
I could never tell you now, but I had often said before |
Because promise is a pendulum, just swinging at the door |
And I’m not saying I’m not jealous or scared anymore |
I’m just saying |