Crumbs

Song Crumbs
Artist Blackbird Raum
Album Under The Starling Host

Lyrics

[00:17.52] crumbs from the table have fallen so few
[00:20.73] so not to catch an eye
[00:24.00] reckless and thinkless and felled to the knees
[00:27.29] to gather before before the broom
[00:30.35] what is left amongst the spire
[00:36.60] that is as tall as the lowest cloud you could reckon the height of
[00:43.29] hanging on a branch here every time (though never fell so far)
[00:48.78] from which we lift these blistered hands only to curse
[01:05.13] the families get nothing but porridge of maize
[01:08.78] and shacks at the end of farms
[01:11.93] cash crops commissioned to pay of the debt
[01:14.95] and poisoned on the job
[01:17.93] driving the mules to death in the wheat
[01:24.22] then leaving us follow with leather to eat
[01:30.65] buried their sabers in the field and sharpen bayonets