The third track off of Andrew Bird’s 2012 album Break It Yourself has a simultaneously Caribbean and Irish/Celtic flavor (the title translates to “Caribbean dance”). The song concerns childhood and growing up, and thus has a deeply nostalgic mood.
You were a shameless child
Bandied by stiff cross currents
Anything but mild
Yes and no just simply weren't
Invented yet
Oh yes, oh no
Then one day you'd had it
Exiled your close advisors
Ousted your dog-eared rabbits
You're through with pacifizers
You're through with pacifizers now
You're through with pacifizers
Here we go mistaking clouds for mountains
Here's the thing that brings the sparrows to the fountains
Here's the thing that makes you run for the highlands
Here we go mistaking clouds for mountains
Autonomy
Then one day you'd had it
Exiled your close advisors
Ousted your dog-eared rabbits
You're through with pacifizers
You're through with pacifizers now
You're through with pacifizers
Here we go mistaking clouds for mountains
Here's the thing that brings the sparrows to the fountains
Here's the thing that makes you run for the highlands
Here we go mistaking clouds for mountains
Autonomy
Danse Caribe was written by Andrew Bird.
Danse Caribe was produced by Neal Jensen & David Boucher & Andrew Bird.
Andrew Bird released Danse Caribe on Mon Mar 05 2012.