The God Of Feathers Lyrics

You have seen and heard of me before

In trees and skies, myths and legends

In scenes across time, in parables and lore

In music and film, in fossils and fables

I danced for mesmorised Zeus on a silver lake

Flew a branch in my beak over a settled flood

Pecked at Prometheus' side and kept him awake

Breathed coalmine gas covered in soot and mud

After all of this

The God of Feathers will burst into flames

And phoenix ashes will float away

To rise again and fly another day

In Australia, I'm the queen of the bushes

In America, a bald king soaring through every cloud

In China, I live forever in the rushes

In England, my winter-proof red breast shines proud

After all of this

The God of Feathers will burst into flames

And phoenix ashes will float away

To rise again and fly another day

A curse turned me back to a dancing swan

Hubris shot me with the mariner's crossbow

A hunt meant my dodo didn't last long

And the times hunched my Dumbo crow

After all of this

The God of Feathers will burst into flames

And phoenix ashes will float away

To rise again and fly another day

My kestrel had its neck wrung

My hoarse raven announced a new king

But even then my caged bird still sung

And all with cower to hear my siren sing

After all of this

The God of Feathers will burst into flames

And phoenix ashes will float away

To rise again and fly another day

After all of this

The God of Feathers will burst into flames

And phoenix ashes will float away

To rise again and fly another day