clay birds - untitled demo 1

we recorded these today on a phone so please excuse the recording quality.

clay birds - untitled demo 2

i could jump off and live

no bass on this one :( but we will upload a updated demo sometime with bass

clay birds - shallow, shallow

this song is now called across the street

clay birds 3

iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook cover

iwrotehaikus cover for benefit comp

“across the street”

belong to, your friends
as days go by, youll forget them
lost names, odd faces 
once golden,now faded
let it pass by, or do i face it
you’ll never, erase it
my skin is made of clay

Across the street

i close my eyes but i can still see
the world is spinning i feel the static
my heart is beating but not alive until im free, i push my fingers into your neck 
just to see if you still care, i feel the chains of my past, lacerations on my back
everything… not quiet enough for me
everything… not quiet enough for me
don’t mind me, don’t mind me
reliving memories that were never supposed to be mine
reliving memories that were never supposed to be mine
everything… not quiet enough for me
everything… not quiet enough for me
don’t mind me, don’t mind me
reliving memories that were never supposed to be mine
repeating these words that were mine but never yours
repeating these words that were mine but never yours

Hush

“shallow shallow”
what it takes to understand love
the city not the sight caught that epiphany
you say it’s never enough 
Drugs can’t help me pills can’t help me
I never saw the ER come
your death still haunts me
16 and found
Tree branches stuck between her chest
I can jump off I can jump off 
I can jump off I can jump off 
I can jump off I can jump off
I can jump off and live

Shallow, Shallow

“love you from mom and dad” 
come in you’re safe now, the worlds not to trust (you)
i lay back to my dreams, it’s out of this world
I know kids your age, change phases like the moon
but when you find who you really are, It’s out of this world
It’s out of this world, It’s out of this world
it’s out of this world, It’s out of this world
It’s out of this world, It’s out of this world
It’s out of this world, It’s out of this world
time flies by, some say “get out and change world”
I love you from mom and dad, I love you from mom and dad

Love you from Mom and Dad

the weight i’ve always carried
greater than i could ever tell
but i could never reach my home
if i’m nailed into the ground
i’ve never quit
complication is the hole you stabbed in me
never again
i miss when i could call you a friend
these two paths lead straight to hell
run out that door
what have we done here will never grow
i can’t wait for snow
the windows that shape the skyline are here to guide your way to enter eternal life
don’t come look at me
the sky moves so slow
don’t come look at me
its all I’ve ever known
you can’t help me
the scenes forever
birds fly by
this shit is tethered
you can’t help me
The scenes forever
birds fly by
this shit is tethered
all I’ve known
all i’ve known
what should i say?

Where the sky meets you

fists fulls of rage
birthing from a deep down place

no time
for reckoning 
while my arms are moving

again, again, again, again, again, again

sun shines on skin, till we burn to dust
smoke me up

arms and legs are parted, but I’m living to tell the tale

bury my ashes in ashtrays

Living to tell the tale

we re recorded it but i still like this version so im gonna post it here -jvb

old version of living to tell the tale

song from programme

I sent you a letter 
last month 
Couldn’t write it any better
My words won’t feel too bitter
It was never opened
That was your reply

Betrayed my trust again
Wasting away
Those numerals in your eyes
Counting my days
Who am I?
Lost in a haze
I've lost vou
I'm lost

A letter sent back to me

isolation, caused by problems
what kept me
from friends and love, it ran far
burrowed in my chest, but no courage

walking
from my
unfolded conscience

my futures grey, like morning fog

don’t blink
I swear I will run away this time
it’s said its lonely
don’t blink
I swear I will run away this time
this time

leaving all create a new face
For what my life is
I can’t see what I built up 
run far away
far far away

Run away, Far far away

miguel song

living to tell the tale 

Fists fulls of rage
Birthing from a deep down place

No time
For reckoning 
while my arms are moving

again, again, again, again, again, again
sun shines on skin til we burn to dust smoke me up

arms and legs are parted but im living to tell the tale

bury my ashes in ashtrays

living to tell the tale

sleep paralysis (interlude)

I've got everything
and nothing at all

Vision in blindness
See in the dark

You say it's not real
Eat out my heart

I prayed on dead dreams for you

thought I was sleeping but i'm in my room and I can't move is someone there?
I'm trying my best but
I can't scream
Why can't I scream?
and what the fuck is standing over me? shadows whip by like wasps
Is this how it ends? someone wake me up
wake me up

sleep paralysis

no, take me away
i know its cold out tonight
let me sing you to sleep 
whatever you need
past faces present lies in the future i promise a better life 
(repeat that a bunch of times)

Where are we now?
Human decency, it proceeds us
As they read a book of lies at an altar
Look through their eyes and past their fears and try your best not to falter
War-formed path and corporate scars
We all feel the same, hopes to go far 
Who decides our fate when we are born
I'll make it me I'll make it me

Where are we now?

Mother take me home
Father keep me safe
Brother make me laugh
Sister keep me sane

I'll wait and I'll wait
Although I less than know you
(Singing) There will never be comfort
For us two

And when the stars
Call out my name
I'll go on knowing why
Truth is not smog from quick jet planes
But mist in your eyes

To live is too costly
And to die is too selfish
So existing will be enough
My time on earth, I'll try to relish

Open up my mind
and fill it with pink clouds, So you can feel at peace And not tormented by these anguished sounds

in those dark days
call out my name
in dark thoughts
call out my name
when all goes wrong
Call out my name
all the things you cannot talk
call out my name

When am i now? Where are you?
Where are we now?

clay birds

Popular tracks