Lyrics
[Intro] There is a kind of bird that abandons the nest if the nest is disturbed. Or maybe that isn't true. [Verse 1] She said birds don't smell human hands. She sounded irritated that anyone still believed it. you can put the chick back. the parents keep feeding it. [Verse 2] People become convinced the silence contains another sound. She played it again. This time I waited too long. [Chorus] There is a kind of bird that lays its eggs in another bird's nest. There is a kind of bird that abandons the nest if the nest is disturbed. [Verse 3] He could remember every meal he'd eaten since childhood. Nobody asked him what he'd forgotten. But I wanted them to. [Verse 4] drowning people don't usually wave. From shore it can look like nothing much is happening. [Middle Eight] There are explanations that work perfectly until they concern you. Then the witness was distracted, the sequence was unclear, [Chorus] There is a kind of bird that lays its eggs in another bird's nest. There is a kind of bird that abandons the nest if the nest is disturbed. [Verse 5] Change one verb in the question and you can change what somebody saw. [Verse 6] The body sometimes keeps hurting after the damaged part is gone. The nerves continue sending information to an address that no longer exists. [Bridge] There are explanations that work perfectly until they concern you. Then suddenly the sample was too small, the wording was ambiguous, the conditions weren't controlled. [Final chorus] There is a kind of bird that lays its eggs in another bird's nest. There is a kind of bird that abandons the nest if the nest is disturbed. [Outro] There is a kind of bird