The Bell Jar (a song for Sylvia Plath)

from Vulture Culture by Ursa Indigo

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lyrics

Quickly, come to the door
We must whisper
These birds have ears as big as their wings
And they talk and twitter
They chitter and chatter all day

Swiftly, look over there
Their nests are composed out of bones from the skeletons in their closets
And they build their homes from their dreams that have rotted

I don't supposed they'll understand
What it means to be a daffodil
What it's like to bloom in the snow
Fragile, bare-breasted, and alone

Quickly, hand me the keys
Just leave me be
The teeter-totter of the fence I've built myself to live on never tilts the same way twice

Hush now, I don't need your advice
The bell jar rings, and wraps me in strings of caddisfly silk

I don't suppose they'll understand
What it means to be a daffodil
With the courage to bloom in the snow
Fragile, bare-breasted, and alone

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from Vulture Culture, released December 27, 2014
Chloe Demos- vocals, guitar
Lubomir Smilenov- Gadulka

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Channel Drive Studios

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