Four Eyed Bird Watcher

from Forest Fiction by Teacups

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

$1 NZD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

We creep deep under the trees
So that the bees can't see
Just what we're doing here
We put lenses to our eyes
And then we aim them high
To the sky

At the height of our journey
We allocate duties
You count the canaries
While I pen parakeets
We lose sight when they rise
Fly too high

He's a quiet four-eyed-bird-watcher
Who has never been in love
All this time he hides
And he observes
The love-birds
And the doves

Tell me
What's so different
Between him and I
We both refuse to notice
When the day has turned to night
Afraid to lose each other's hands
While running in the rain
For our lives

He's a quiet four-eyed-bird-watcher
Who has never been in love
All this time he hides
And he observes
The love-birds
And the doves

I watch the birds
Who cannot fly
Weighted to the ground
A carved out robin
Flits around my neck
Weighing me down

(We creep deep under the trees
So that the bees can't see
Just what we're doing here
We put lenses to our eyes
And then we aim them high
To the sky)

(Tell me
What's so different
Between him and I
We both refuse to notice
When the day has turned to night
Afraid to lose each other's hands
While running in the rain
For our lives)

credits

from Forest Fiction, released November 1, 2009
Written by Talita Setyady
Produced by David Parker at Little Monster Studios

license

about

Teacups Auckland, New Zealand

Teacups are a 3 piece folk pop trio who hired a petting zoo for a fun afternoon and then weren't allowed to ride the pony. 3 years later and the tree the pony was tied to has vanished. shame.

Facebook

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Teacups

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Teacups recommends:

OVER AND UNDER | REMIX E.P
by CHELSEA JADE

chelsea's project 'WATERCOLOURS' Teacups
go to album

If you like Teacups, you may also like:

Warm Blood
by The Beths

supported by 6 fans who also own “Four Eyed Bird Watcher”

The sound of a great band finding their voice. I love these songs, they did some things that they probably wouldn't do now. Jack Kitzerow
go to album
Expert In A Dying Field (Deluxe)
by The Beths

supported by 5 fans who also own “Four Eyed Bird Watcher”

stumbled upon the title number earlier this year and proceeded to fall down a The Beths-obsessed hole! I love head in the clouds & knees deep SO much, but expert in a dying field is still my number one. I adore the demo version! zucchinini
go to album
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
by The Beths

supported by 5 fans who also own “Four Eyed Bird Watcher”

Favorite recording of this classic. brutalcow
go to album
The Edge of the Land
by Katie Spencer

Spencer's indie folk sophomore album was recorded live in the studio over the course of two days. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2022
go to album
Better By Now
by Brooke Annibale

The indie-pop artist reflects on love and anxiety on her latest album. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 30, 2022
go to album