all thoughts are prey to some beast

Singer:bill callahan

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

empty he thought

save 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"