Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
A solo demo for this song was recorded on October 13, 2002 and released in 2004 on the Edison’s Demos LP. It is one of two songs on Earthquake Glue, along with “Dead Cloud”, that has never been performed live.
[Verse 1]
Will the wind that scatters dust
Reveal its secrets, speak to us of many things?
In the morning, when she comes
The bird who wakes you with her song, she'll beat her wings
She will rise again
[Chorus]
And ride a perfect high, and find a sweet seed growing
And never know why she sees anything
[Verse 2]
One more inch for no more reason
Go without you even yet, and death you sing
Pass it by when one's discovered
Time to stop wasting time, what will you bring?
You will rise again
[Chorus]
And ride a perfect high, and find a sweet seed growing
And never know why you hear anything
[Bridge]
Bless the sunlight, grab this day to make you over
Save the bullet, price the sandman's head
This time do not roll over
Beat your wings
Yeah, hear them sing of up there in the glimpse of silence
Up there
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
When the days have come to pass
Our journey broken, gone at last, we'll beat our wings
Shadows take familiar skin
So recognize them, don't give in, we'll beat our wings
We will rise again
[Chorus]
And ride a perfect high, and find a sweet seed growing
And never know why we feel anything
[Outro]
Yeah, anything
Yeah, beat your wings
Oh, beat your wings
Yeah, beat your wings
Now beat your wings
Yeah, beat your wings
Yeah, beat your wings
Oh, beat your wings
Yeah, beat your wings
Yeah, beat your wings...
Beat Your Wings was written by Robert Pollard.
Beat Your Wings was produced by Todd Tobias & Guided by Voices.
Guided by Voices released Beat Your Wings on Tue Aug 19 2003.
Robert Pollard, quoted in the biography Closer You Are:
I don’t like the way that came out. You can’t hear the chords for the song. It’s a weird song. It seemed tedious a little bit—it’s too long. And quite possibly, I don’t like the song. Somebody said if a song takes more than ten minutes to writ...