Birdcage

by The American Friend

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more

lyrics

Folded in your bed
You held her like a book she
Wrote to forget, too, wrote to forget, too
But the second hand chimed through you
Bandaging a wound at your remote location
I was a moonlight, I was a moonlight
Nursing your skyline

But the comets cried
Dust on all your things
Showering devotion for magical thinking

In your borderless love for my boarded up brain
For my boarded up brain, oh I
I was a moonlight, I was a moonlight
Looking for a window pane

You placed your key on my ring as she signed
On a milk carton with the sticky
Always unsticking, always unsticking from this thing
Not a memory, but reminders
Of your furniture
Couched in her

And the birdcage in your backyard
It sung so loud in a silence wound into art (8x)
Birdcage…

credits

released May 15, 2020
Natalie Turner - Songwriting, lyrics, cello, vocals

Torben Klay - Songwriting, guitar, mellotron, harmonies

license

about

The American Friend Austin, Texas

Natalie Turner is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Austin, TX. Torben Klay is a singer-songwriter and guitarist living near Hannover, Germany. Both met accidentally in quarantine, just to create deep and sensitive neo-folk songs on purpose. ... more

discography

Charlotte

Oct 2020
No Lullaby

Jul 2020
Of A Sailor

Jul 2020
Faults

Jun 2020
Thunder

May 2020
Pop King

May 2020
Birdcage

May 2020

contact / help

Contact The American Friend

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like The American Friend, you may also like:

Steady Away
by Chris Brain

The latest from the UK’s Chris Brain is a gorgeously wrought album of tender acoustic folk music. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2023
go to album
they only talk about the weather
by Arny Margret

The Icelandic songwriter packs her stunning debut with sweeping melodies delivered via intimate, folky arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 12, 2023
go to album
Fool Me As Many Times As You Like
by Daudi Matsiko

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 29, 2023
go to album
Bound to Rise
by Chris Brain

Rich, pastoral folk meditations on nature and healing from the UK singer-songwriter. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2022
go to album
The Faux Paws
by The Faux Paws

A fresh, constantly-evolving vision on Americana from the New York trio, weaving together bluegrass, roots music, and pop rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 1, 2021
go to album
How Does It Feel EP
by Lizzie Weber

Missouri singer/songwriter Lizzie Weber delivers a trio of songs lightly informed by country music, and fleshed out with strings. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 6, 2021
go to album
Not A Party At All
by Lambs & Wolves

Charming German indie pop with the keen melodic sensibilities and melancholic undercurrent of some of the style's best practitioners. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 26, 2021
go to album