Track 5 from Cog’s third album Sharing Space (2008). Bird of Feather is one of the band’s most successful songs reaching number 31 on Triple J’s 2008 Hottest 100.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmo-I9wBmjM
It tells of Flynn’s struggle between being an artist and being a parent.
[Verse 1: Flynn Gower]
So divine
Bird of Feather
And the line
You crossed kept us together
As the candle burns
At both ends it divides
Suffering that's how it gives
Like it is with you
Torn between the two, now
And it's hypnotising
Taking quite a toll
It's time
[Hook: Flynn Gower]
But I'm only trying to make it better
Is there no other way
No other way to go
And I'm only trying to make it better
Is there no other way
When your so far away
I feel I'm paralysed
[Verse 2: Flynn Gower]
Reading the news in the mirror
So far away
Struggle and fear, and with the cast and career
Is there no other way?
Bridging the gap with calling
Don't fade away
Tuning my ears to the sound of your tears
Is there no other way?
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Flynn Gower]
Of course she's wondering why
Only three years old
Dad's gone again
Don't know when
We'll all be back home together
Life gets harder, when
That candle keeps burning inside
Hypnotised
Not the end of telling my heart
Is torn between the two
That keep dividing me
Leaves me feeling like I'm paralysed
[Bridge: Flynn Gower]
But I'm always trying to make it better
Is there no other way
No other way to go
[Outro: Flynn Gower]
And I'm only trying to make it better
Is there no other way
No other way to go
And I'm only trying to make it better
Is there no other way
No other way to go
And this space between us
Leaves me feeling like
I'm paralysed
Bird of Feather was written by Cog.
Bird of Feather was produced by Cog & Sylvia Massy.
Cog released Bird of Feather on Sat Mar 15 2008.