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Skylark

from Forest Fiction by Teacups

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lyrics

I'm still creepin' round
The sleepin' shapes
Waiting 'til day breaks

And until now the ground
Has found a way
To keep the lamp posts bound
Down from the light night air
Who'll coax them upward

And like a school of jellyfish
A thousand lanterns sway and bounce
Into a navy night

And that's when the stars begin to fight

A balloon dips low
When there's no one below
Standing on their toes
To grab it down

And the aero-planes
Suspend themselves
From a ceiling sky
Around the world
In just a night

And like a fleet of submarines
A thousand autumn leaves
Carve their trail
Into the navy night

As they take flight

And there's just no way
I'm staying here
While everybody leaves
To spend their time
On people who aren't me

(The seeds are sown
You're on your own
Now it's too late)

And I'm just so sick
Of sitting tight
At such a terrifying height
While down below
They tell me to calm down
Then they look away

(Keep yourself warm
You're in the storm
The sea won't change)

Well I've never felt so calm

And now I'm still creepin'
Round the sleepin' shapes

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from Forest Fiction, released November 1, 2009
Written by Teacups
Produced by David Parker at Little Monster Studio

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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.

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