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Rooks Lyrics by Danko

2020

[Verse 1]
When the rooks were laid in the piles by the sides of the road
Crashing into the aerials
Tangled in the laundry lines
And gathered in a field
They were burned in a feathering pyre
With their cold black eyes

[Verse 2]
When the swallows fell from the eaves
And the gulls from the spires
The starlings, in millions
Would feed on the ground where they lie
The ambulance men said
There's nowhere to flee for your life
So we stay inside

[Chorus]
And we'll sleep until the world of man is paralyzed

[Verse 3]
Oh, the falconer awakes to the sound of the bells
Overhead and southbound
They are leaving his life
And each empty cage just rings in his heart like a bell
Underneath these cold stars
In this trembling light
And he cries Amen, let their kingdom come tonight
Let this dream be realized

[Chorus]
And we'll sleep until the world of man is paralyzed
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About “Rooks” by Danko

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