Good morning, blackbird Hush now, don't awake the Sun Wolves lay sleeping under sheds Biting not the hand that fed Good morning, blackbird In cold, damp truth In faking glory, in savage pulse All silver stars (remember how we used to shine?) Are now feeble lights (remember how we used to fight?) I ran back to the moment Where wounds were not yet scars And scars were not yet crowns Only fields and lungs and blood and mouths And empty hopes and hands, and eyes and youth And tainted truth uncoiling on my lap Sleep is reigning over frozen lands Hush now blackbird It's my only chance to move unnoticed To move unharmed Hush now, blackbird It's my only chance Good morning, blackbird Hush now, don't awake the Sun Wolves lay sleeping under sheds Biting not the hand that fed