Flightless Bird, American Mouth
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Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine
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Iron & WineProduced by
Brian DeckWrited by
Sam BeamAbout
“Flightless Bird, American Mouth” could be about someone who tries to find a lost love. When he finds her, she has become a flightless bird, meant to fly high but grounded, fulfilling none of her youth dreams. Instead, she’s become another pill-wasted American housewife while he’s also a cliché of a...
Flightless Bird, American Mouth Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was a quick wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
Then when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map
And called for you everywhere
[Chorus]
Have I found you? Flightless bird
Jealous, weeping
Or lost you? American mouth
Big pill looming
[Verse 2]
Now I'm a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures
Thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream
[Chorus]
Have I found you? Flightless bird
Grounded, bleeding
Or lost you? American mouth
Big pill, stuck going down
Flightless Bird, American Mouth Q&A
Who wrote Flightless Bird, American Mouth's ?
Flightless Bird, American Mouth was written by Sam Beam.
Who produced Flightless Bird, American Mouth's ?
Flightless Bird, American Mouth was produced by Brian Deck.
When did Iron & Wine release Flightless Bird, American Mouth?
Iron & Wine released Flightless Bird, American Mouth on Tue Sep 25 2007.
Does the track have any certifications?
Yes, “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” was certified platinum by the RIAA on April 12, 2023.