Hummingbird-Alessi's Ark

[ti:Hummingbird] [ar:Alessi's Ark] [al:Notes From The Treehouse] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hummingbird - Alessi's Ark [00:05.28]You are set free [00:10.41]Flex your wings [00:14.73]And steal me away [00:19.63] [00:45.90]He picked her last winter [00:50.21]As one pulls out a splinter [00:55.20]Red-eyed and tender [00:58.57]He needed a mender [01:03.58]She stuck around [01:06.76]Like a w**d in the ground [01:11.46]Raising her voice when given a choice [01:18.23] [01:23.47]Never once understood [01:27.28]Why he slept in a hood [01:31.58]Did he try to conceal [01:35.52]The love that he'd feel [01:39.90]When she sang in her sleep [01:43.83]Or brushed past his sweet heels [01:48.34]He never was one for finishing meals [01:55.54] [02:00.59]And when he felt he was right at her tether [02:04.77]He carried her down to the river [02:08.72]Told her blue is the colour of calm [02:12.73]And life is better when spent in her arms [02:16.80]So they made shapes with their limbs in the water [02:21.04]Imagined names they'd reserve for their daughter [02:25.54]Kaleidoscope pulse pounding palms on their backs [02:29.78]Darling breathe in [02:31.28]Hold it there and relax [02:32.54] [02:42.64]Much like a squid [02:45.84]As she sank in her dress [02:50.71]Reeds rip the frills [02:53.99]On her sweet Sunday Best [02:58.73]And tie latches onto old Goodness anchor [03:06.26]And he now regrets dressing smart and fancy like a banker [03:14.65]And as shells act as lids on their eyes [03:18.45]Algae like clouds does commence in it's rise [03:22.32]In clear blue spheres he is trying to pray [03:26.07]Hoping the dove well she will not fly away [03:32.20] [03:35.07]Clasp my hand tight [03:38.19]We will survive the night [03:42.07]And if the blue it drowns you [03:46.31]Well i'll be right behind you [03:52.26] [04:25.91]Hummingbird [04:28.30]You are set free [04:33.67]Flex your wings [04:37.97]And steal me away