Searching for the Ivory Bill

from Cryptids by Derek Lee Miller

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Make an appearance, I swear that
I won't let anyone know that
You're hiding here in the swamp
So safe and serene

Preening your feathers
You wait for breaks in the weather
But they never thought you clever enough
To escape from their sight

Others want to have you,
But they'll never understand you
And they'll pull your wings apart
To put some feathers in their caps

They can never know the wanting
For some graceful thing that's haunting
Only focusing on flaunting
Their rack of sacrificial lambs

You should be hidden
You should be secret
You should be mine now
You should prefer it
They are the ones who pulled out your feathers
Declared you extinct and said that you'd never
Save your own skin. It's all for the best.
You're too beautiful to live in this world
I have you now. I can't help but think how
You always destroy these things that you love

Your face is graced by the trace of
Sunlight and sorrow
And your ivory lips
Conceal a devastated kiss

They will never love you
Like the way that I could love you
And I swear that I could hold you
Without crushing your ribs

You should be hidden
You should be secret
You should be mine now
You should prefer it
They are the ones who pulled out your feathers
Declared you extinct and said that you'd never
Save your own skin. It's all for the best.
You're too beautiful to live in this world
I have you now. I can't help but think how
You always destroy these things that you love

Why would you hide from the one man who knows you?
Revealing your splendor to strangers who don't care
That you were born dying. This world is unhinged
And you owe me. You owe me. You owe me.

You should be hidden
You should be secret
You should be mine now
You should prefer it
They are the ones who pulled out your feathers
Declared you extinct and said that you'd never
Save your own skin. It's all for the best.
You're too beautiful to live in this world
I have you now. I can't help but think how
You always destroy these things that you love

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from Cryptids, released January 1, 2012
Written and performed by Derek Lee Miller.

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