Bird, Andrew - Sifters Lyrics
Sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin
Pushing and pulling from shore to shore
Biggest melody you never heard before
What if I were the night sky
Is my lullaby to leave burn
What if we hadn't been born at the same time
What if you were 75 and I were 9
Would I come visit you
Bring you cookies in an old folks home
Would you be there alone
And when the late summer lightning fires off in your arms
Will I remember to breathe no I never will
And if I could convince you that I mean you no harm
If I were the night sky
If I were the night sky
Here's my lullaby
My lullaby to leave by
My lullaby to leave by
If I were the night
What if we hadn't been each other at the same time
Would you tell me all the stories from when you're young and in your prime
Would I rock you to sleep
Would you tell me all the secrets you don't need to keep
Would I still miss you
Or would you then have been mine
Sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin
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Bird, Andrew Sifters Comments
What if you were 75 and I were 9?
this song made my feelings overflow. thank you andrew bird, i needed that <3
This isn't a new song.
Beautiful as always
My favorite version of this song!
Jacob and Isaac's uncle Dan told me to give Andrew Bird a listen sometime.Well,Dan,just want to send out a HUGE THANK-YOU!!Hope you're out there happy and healthy somewhere...stop and say howdy if you're still in the area-I'm still at your brother Aaron's old park.What a fantastic artist Mr. Bird is!bye,Mariska
Ha that's cool how he changed that up on the album Break It Yourself.
This is the first version i saw. Immediatly fell in love. Cant listen to the actual version.
Thats wonderful i love hearing things like this
Agreed on all counts.
I actually like this version better i feel like it has more emotion and the minimalism is much more personal but the break it yourself version is still very very good
Why am I crying?
What a musician is this man.
Comparing. Why even compare?
same here! COOL!
As nice as this version is, the one on "Break It Yourself" is literally the song of the year.
My heart just melted...
This version is so much better than the version on the new album (Break it Yourself).
if we hadnt met eachother at the same time.
if i were the night sky.
aw. that's great.
@Claudster100 nice try...
I love Andrews music,AND I'M ONLY11!!
@Claudster100, you are officially the coolest eleven-year-old I know.
I think Andrews music is AWESOME!,and I'm only 11!!!!!!!!!!! B)
This version of the song is just... special. In so many ways.
@MrGone92 I did! NPR is my new best friend.
@NoIDontSpeakFrench
npr.org/2012/02/26/147047574/first-listen-andrew-bird-break-it-yourself#playlist
You can listen to it right now. It is absolutely incredible
@MrGone92 I'm superhype. It's gonna be fantastic (I don't see how it wouldn't be)
@NoIDontSpeakFrench It's also on his new album! SO STOKED.
My friend gets to see him live this year... so jealous. brb, watching Andrew Bird's, It's not Easy Being Green.
Wow.
"What if we hadn't been born at the same time?
What if you were seventy-five and I were nine?
Would I still visit you,
bring you cookies in an old folks' home?
Would you be there alone?"
It doesn't get any purer than that.
For those of you who are in love with this song, it's been repurposed! Mr. Bird just scored the indie film, "Norman". It's under the title "Night Sky" on the Norman Soundtrack released by Mom + Pop records.
May his gift never be forgotten.
@TheChickDrummer Thats really awesome Im legit happy that it went down like that for you haha
this made me cry.
This song gives me chills
my heart just sinks when I listen to this. it's incredible.
I needed to hear this today.
I just orderd this and it is takining forever to get here....! Does this come witha poster or a booklet or anythign>?
What dumb skank disliked this?
Seriously this amazing.
thanks for posting this with the lyrics.
if someone fired off lightning from their arms I'd probably forget to breath too.
I am man crushing so hard right now.
And one person is deaf.
@samsolor1234
You know, I feel that way too. But it might be because I had it stuck in my head the day I got engaged.
(I also met my husband because of Andrew Bird.)
....Who's the idiot that disliked this?
His performances are always so perfect it's easy to forget that it's live.