The third song on Metals, Feist’s fourth album. In this whimsical song, she makes many allusions to nature and fluidity. Feist sings to a little bird about how to soar how to catch a long wind and let it take one on a journey that is a metaphor for life.
[Verse 1]
Little bird, have you got a key?
Unlock the lock inside of me
Where will you go to keep yourself afloat?
Feeling old until the wing unfolded
Caught me a long wind
[Refrain]
Where will we go
To keep ourselves afloat?
[Chorus]
I caught a long wind
Long life wind
[Verse 2]
I got to know the sky
But it didn't know me
I got to see the land
And land on top of the sea
Be the bird, be the key
And now the current tells
What the wave withheld
And the lightning sang
Of where the light would land
[Refrain]
Where will you go
To keep yourself afloat?
[Chorus]
I caught a long wind
A long life wind
[Verse 3]
Like a swallow
A night owl
A little chickadee
Sad sparrow
Good morning bird
Good nightingale
I took a deep breath
And caught a long wind
Caught a Long Wind was written by Mocky & Chilly Gonzales & Feist.
Caught a Long Wind was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson & Mocky & Chilly Gonzales & Feist.
Feist released Caught a Long Wind on Fri Sep 30 2011.