The leafless tree looked like a brain - The birds within were all the thoughts and desires within me - Hoppin’ around from branch to branch, or snug in their nests listenin’ in
An eagle came over the horizon and shook the branches with its sight - The softer thoughts: starlings, finches, and wrens - The softer thoughts, they all took flight
The eagle looked clear through the brain tree, emptying thoughts saved for me - Maybe I’ll make this one my home, consolidate the nests of the tiny - Raise a family of might like me
Then something struck him, wings of bone - Sweet desires and soft thoughts were all gone - The eagle shrieked, “I’m alone”
Well it was time to flee the tree - The eagle snuck up on the wind one talon at a time - Being sky king of the sky, what did he have to fear - All thoughts are prey to some beast - All thoughts are prey to some beast
Sweet desire and soft thoughts, return to me - Sweet desire and soft thoughts, return to me
