Falcon

Why do the birds of prey never stray far from the motorway?

Hover above us in the space between the hard shoulder and the sky

I'm enraptured, I'm captured, the car zooms by

Maybe I will never feel this free again

Maybe I'll count these days of in-

Between as something I could do without

Down, down, when I swoop down, remind me how freedom feels

'Cause right now I'm a falcon

I'm circling up there with another metre wing

I need to sing

All the choices I could make from the backseat of the car

We get a plane to Aberdeen and I feel nervous

Then calm descends and I think whatever

I learn from this living is dying

Dying is a doorway anyway

I cross my shoulders as I look down at the cities

They look like motherboards lit up so pretty

Down, down, down, when I swoop down, remind me how perspective feels

'Cause right now I am a falcon

And I'm circling up there with another metre wing

I need to sing

I fear I'll hunger forever if I don't swoop now

And I fear I'll hunger forever

And I fear I'll hunger forever

Yeah, I know I'll hunger forever if I bottle it now

I get so scared, I get so scared, I get so utterly bewared

My ego takes flight and I wonder how I fared

So scared, so scared, so utterly bewared

Humility lands and I wonder why I cared at all

I just should have shared it all

Why do the birds of prey never stray far from the motorway?

Hover above us in the space between the hard shoulder and the sky

I'm enraptured, I'm captured as the car glides by

Maybe I will never feel this free again

Maybe I'll count these days of in-

Between as something I could do without

Down, down, when I swoop down, remind me how freedom feels

'Cause right now I'm a falcon

And I'm circling up there with another metre wing

I need to sing

All the choices I could make from the backseat of the car

All the conversations I have in my head