Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die & Josh Scogin
Every Time I Die & Andy Hull
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
It’s a song for Buckley’s sister, Jaclyn, who passed away from a long struggle with Rett syndrome at the start of 2017: ‘while you’re locked beneath your bones, the sky awaits.’ Buckley has said that he felt he was living life to its fullest in the band partly in tribute to his sister, who couldn’t....
[Verse 1: Keith Buckley]
I think we're done here, no conversation
Just telepathic communication
While you're locked beneath your bones
The sky awaits
[Pre-Chorus: Keith Buckley & Andy Hull]
You're a thing with feathers now, elevate
You're a thing with feathers now
Elevate
[Chorus]
In the long dark night of eternal life
You've always been a light
[Verse 2: Keith Buckley & Andy Hull]
I think you're done here, they've been mistaken
They pored over the papеrs, trying to solve your equation
But the truth was not in math, it was in faith
Thе divine does not divide, she permeates
[Chorus: Andy Hull]
In the long dark night of eternal life, shine on
Shine on
You've always been
You've always been a light
[Outro: Keith Buckley]
I think you're done here
Standing ovation
Thing with Feathers was written by Every Time I Die.
Thing with Feathers was produced by Will Putney.
Every Time I Die released Thing with Feathers on Fri Oct 22 2021.
The title is a reference to an Emily Dickinson poem in which she likens hope to a bird. The first line of the poem reads “Hope is the thing with feathers”.