[00:14.588]Filthy bird laying in our yard[00:19.305]four chambered heart never beat so hard[00:24.091]Dad said she was almost gone[00:28.864]upside down out on our lawn.[00:34.200]And I could hold her in a shoe box[00:38.963]if she heals she could be mine.[00:43.769]And if I cannot save her spirit,[00:48.010]dad says I should break her spine.[00:53.333]Shaking, brilliant, silver-black wings,[00:57.576]Jesus Christ, what prayers these tears sing.[01:01.028][01:02.903]Wear your hearts out on your sleeves for[01:07.685]starlings... starlings.[01:12.754]Of the least of all of these,[01:17.266]are starlings... starlings.[01:19.128][01:31.150]Two years pass, I pumped the chamber[01:35.935]full of air to shoot the birds.[01:40.749]Harmless game to hit them slightly,[01:45.530]to scare them off, in other words.[01:51.138]Starling falling to her death,[01:55.911]piercing copper steals her breath.[02:00.475]See the flutter in her breast,[02:05.300]starving babies in her nest.[02:10.333]Raise their souls up to the sky,[02:14.336]why must helpless creatures die?[02:17.246][02:19.900]Wear your hearts out on your sleeves for[02:24.712]starlings... starlings.[02:29.761]Of the least of all of these,[02:34.274]are starlings... starlings.[02:35.869][02:43.887]Every breath has sacred weight,[02:48.428]every life has some design.[02:53.468]Can we kill and also save,[02:57.708]speak of life,[02:59.842]while digging graves?[03:01.442][03:03.030]Raise their souls up to the sky,[03:07.277]why must helpless creatures die?[03:11.269][03:12.619]Wear your hearts out on your sleeves for[03:17.412]starlings... starlings.[03:22.231]Of the least of all of these,[03:27.041]are starlings... starlings.[03:31.833]Wear your hearts out on your sleeves for[03:36.624]starlings... starlings.[03:40.091][03:41.419]Of the least of all of these,[03:46.207]are starlings... starlings.[03:53.648]