
Date of issue: 16.05.2013
Record label: Loose, The Handsome Family
Song language: English
Owls |
The blue house at the corner of Twilight and State |
Four storeys, soaring turrets, floors of wood parquet |
And owls, so many owls, snowy, horned and screech |
Thousands of owls, all flapping their wings |
How I love the marble staircase, the claw-footed tubs |
The room of rare orchids, the glass hall for my guns |
Statues of pharaohs, 20 feet tall, crystal chandeliers, rare paintings of clowns |
But the owls, so many owls, I’m never alone |
The owls make this blue house a home |
How peaceful it is to watch them soar |
Through the palm-tree ballroom with its gold-paneled doors |
And as I sit by the fire and slip off my boots |
They perch on harpoons and the stuffed heads of moose |
The apothecary closet is lined with shelves |
But deeper than expected and slanted as well |
How long have I been here searching for my pills |
As the ceiling grows upward and the walls start to swell |
Oh, the owls, the owls, with their feathers of silk |
The owls they mock me and have stolen my pills |
Oh the owls, the owls, with their shining green eyes |
The owls will save me, if not today then tonight |
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