I Was On The Back Of A Nightingale
from Navigator by Her Name is Calla
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lyrics
I was on the back of a nightingale, living like a king;
Listening to the songs that you’d sing.
Home fires were burning and the smoke stung our eyes;
We were blind from birth, until that night.
Love grows old and we die younger each time.
Heaven loves a martyr
And how am I supposed to run with my legs sunk in the mud?
I wish I had grown up a little longer
And if we’d flown south, we’d have a home at least for now;
Love grows old
And I lived like a king
Listening to the songs that you’d sing.
Home fires were burning and the smoke stung our eyes;
We were blind from birth, until that night.
Love grows old and we die younger each time.
Heaven loves a martyr
And how am I supposed to run with my legs sunk in the mud?
I wish I had grown up a little longer
And if we’d flown south, we’d have a home at least for now;
Love grows old
And I lived like a king
credits
from Navigator,
released May 5, 2014
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Her Name is Calla Leeds, UK
Described by NME as 'massive, pastorally apocalyptic music" and by The Sun as 'rare and beautiful'.
Yes. We were in The Sun.
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May 2015 -
May 2014
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