[Verse 1] You rose where the black had no floor A pale curve folding through the air One watchful eye at the crown of the door And old gold dust caught in your hair [Pre-Chorus] I held my breath beneath that gaze While the painted surface split Every little fault became a maze Every silence answered it [Chorus] Stay, strange bird, above the hollow Turn your face and let me see If the wound inside the color Is a door or memory Stay, strange bird, don't disappear Leave one mark I can believe In the dark, your broken surface Made a shape of me [Verse 2] The room was gone, the clock was blind The floor gave way to velvet night You bent like a question in the mind Too graceful to be called a sign [Bridge] If I touch the brittle paint Will the whole sky come apart? If I name the thing I cannot name Will it learn my heart? [Chorus] Stay, strange bird, above the hollow Turn your face and let me see If the wound inside the color Is a door or memory Stay, strange bird, don't disappear Leave one mark I can believe In the dark, your broken surface Made a shape of me [Outro] When the black begins to gather And the bronze flecks lose their heat I will follow that pale feather Through the silence underneath
