Cryptochromes

Before I knew what happened

I was turned into a bird

As quick as I could blink

A magic spell, I think

A mess of feathers, scatterbrained

Not knowing what was what

Thinking only of survival

And which way was up

Fly back to reality

Fly back to reality

It took a while to get the hang of

Tails and beaks and wings

I floated in the dark

To find where I had parked

Scanning the horizon

I was struck by a sight

My eyes had been reorganized

And I saw the light

My cryptochromes guide me home, guide me home

My cryptochromes guide me home, guide me home

When I'm lost my cryptochromes guide me home

My cryptochromes guide me home, guide me home

Every atom in my body used to live inside a star

Sacrificed across the ether at a billion miles an hour

Home is where the fusion happens, home is where you are

In your heart resides the furnace of a lineage of stars

Before I knew what happened

I was turned into a bird

As quick as I could blink

A magic spell, I think

A mess of feathers, scatterbrained

Not knowing what was what

Thinking only of survival

And which way was up

My cryptochromes guide me home, guide me home

My cryptochromes guide me home, guide me home

When I'm lost my cryptochromes guide me home

My cryptochromes guide me home, guide me home