Manifest
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Manifest by Andrew Bird
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Manifest was inspired by a “Canary yellow” Hummer that Bird encountered in California sporting a vanity plate which read “fossil fuels”. This got him thinking about that phrase, “fossil fuels,” and the nature of the once living creatures we now burn as fuel and the metaphorical ghosts which power ou...
Manifest Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm coming to the edge of the widest canyon
My companions' dear
I'm starting to question my manifest destiny
My claim to this frontier
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm coming to the brink of a great disaster
The end just has to be near
The Earth spins faster, whistles right past you
Whispers death in your ear
Don't pretend you can't hear
Don't pretend you can't
[Chorus]
I can hear your tendrils still digging
For everything that's walked this Earth once living
Then to be exhumed and burned to vapor
Can you save her?
Now she's in the air
Radical and free
Neither here nor there
She's obliged to no one
She's obliged to no one
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
I'm coming to the edge of a rising ocean
Such commotion and fear
Keeping all our eyes on what's on the horizon
And all that we hold dear
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm coming to the brink of a great disaster
End just has to be near
The Earth spins faster, whistles right past you
Whispers death in your ear
Don't pretend you can't hear
Don't pretend you can't
[Chorus]
I can hear your tendrils still digging
For everything that's walked this Earth once living
Then to be exhumed and burned to vapor
Can you save her?
She's in the air
Radical and free
Not a goddamn care
She's obliged to no one
She's obliged to no one
Oh, no
[Outro]
Don't pretend you can't hear
Don't pretend you can't hear
Manifest Q&A
Who wrote Manifest's ?
Manifest was written by Andrew Bird.
Who produced Manifest's ?
Manifest was produced by Andrew Bird & Paul Butler.
When did Andrew Bird release Manifest?
Andrew Bird released Manifest on Tue Mar 05 2019.
What did Andrew Bird say about "Manifest"?
‘Manifest’ traces our evolution from single celled organisms to modern man – then takes it further, post-mortem, to when a plant or animal becomes a fossil fuel fracked from the ground and released into the atmosphere from combustion engines like ghosts. The after-life of energy.
—Andrew Bird, in a...