Only Diesel

I don't sing for the sun

Or chirp with the crowd

They flap and preen for nothing

I just scream out loud

But when you glide by diesel

I forget the rage inside

For once I don't bite the bars

I just sigh

Pepper struts like he's so important

Thinks he owns every perch he sits on

But he's noise without meaning

A feathered false church

Let him chatter in corners

Let him dance in my dust

My world starts and ends

With your wings and your trust

Diesel, my diesel

You're my seed, you're my sky

Even if you never notice me

I'll love you till I die

I'd share my cuddle bone

I'd guard your spot at night

Even if your heart's flightless

You still feel right

I'm not the softest song

I'm a scream in the wire

But for you I'd whistle low

Mute my fire

One look from your black eye

And the world fades away

I'm just a broken cage bird

Begging you to stay

Diesel, my diesel

You shine without a sound

I'd fly into the glass for you

If you'd just look around

They say love makes fools

But I was born this way

A fool with feathers

Who'll never fly away

Not even pepper

Not even freedom

Just you

Only you

Diesel forever