Vocals play such a primary role in Fleet Foxes' music that Robin Pecknold’s lyrics at times sound like merely a delivery system for harmonies, with references to meadowlarks, rising suns, and streams bolstering the rural and placeless evocations.
[Verse 1]
Meadowlark, fly your way down
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
For you to wear upon your fleecy down
[Chorus]
My meadowlark, sing to me
[Verse 2]
Hummingbird, just let me die
Inside the broken ovals of your olive eye
I do believe you gave it your best try
[Chorus]
My hummingbird, sing to me
[Humming Bridge]
[Chorus]
My hummingbird, sing to me
[Outro]
Don't believe a word that I haven't heard
Little children laughing at the boys and girls
The meadowlark singing to you each and every day
The arc light on the hillside and the market in the hay
Meadowlarks was written by Robin Pecknold.
Meadowlarks was produced by Phil Ek.
Fleet Foxes released Meadowlarks on Mon Jun 02 2008.