Canaries

[Verse 1: David Gunn]

I went to see someone close to me

In a castle built for, built for a king

It had one hundred floors, one thousand servants

Suits on every being

His stare was cold as stone

He's not much for laughs

Nor am I, because it's so hard to hug him through the glass

My town is a tent

With a circus inside

And we all ride

On one of the rides

But we all hope they go so high

[Verse 2: David Gunn]

We never come down

They cage up some of the apes

They can't sophisticate

The rest of us struggle

And in that struggle we kill each other

I went to see someone close to me

In a meadow forged for a king

It was likely Bahia but it smelled and felt like St. Augustine

His stare was cold as stone

His mood is always grim

He doesn't say a word he just speaks to me through sounds of the wind

[Bridge: David Gunn]

Hold your head, stay up, we'll sleep when we're dead

Hold your head, stay awake, we'll sleep when we're dead

[Outro: David Gunn]

Hold your head

Stay up, we'll sleep when we're dead

Hold all your head

Stay awake, we'll sleep when we're dead

(we'll sleep when we're dead)

Hold your head

My town is a tent with a circus inside and we all die on one of the rides