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Charcoal Wings

from Like Water by Mary & The Pigeons

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Song about dating an Arch-angel and borrowing their wings for the evening.

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Charcoal Wings

He woke up, late again.
Scurried off without a word.
But he left his wings
lying on the chair.
They weighed me down at first.
Six stones of feathers and dust.
He’s not the cleanest angel but
That’s what I like

I put them on my shoulders.
I pulled the straps on tight.
I walked out on the windowsill.
I stepped out into the night

I flew over cities and towns,
up over the trees and the clouds.
I kicked up a storm, over the zoo.
I could spiral by the end of the land,
I could swoop, touch the stars with my hand.
But like my angel, it had to end.

Then came the rain, the rain
the wings got waterlogged.
They dragged me down and down
flaiIing fast fell I fell right to the ground.

I caught the bus back home again.
Spent an hour with a hairdryer and some talc.
Then he walked in and closed the door.
I’m sorry… I started to say. But he lifted me up, anyway
‘are you okay, are you okay?’
‘Forget the wings’, he said, ‘forget the wings
I am an Archangel and I forgive all things.

credits

from Like Water, released March 1, 2024
Charcoal Wings
Mary Barnecutt - cello/vocals/pages
Ber Quinn - synths
Stephen Shannon - moog

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Mary and the Pigeons Dublin, Ireland

Mary & The Pigeons is a band run by composer and cellist Mary Barnecutt. Debut album,
Into Air, was released in 2016 to critical acclaim and the second album, Like Water, will be released March 1st 2024
Like Rain, a single will be released Feb 16th 2024 ... more

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