Although not released with Noonday Dream, this song was performed at 43 concerts on its tour – usually leading into “The Defeat”. A fan favorite, it was often wrongly called “Birch Tree” or “Rooks” by some fans.
In 2021, “Untitled” was offically released as “Rookery” for Howard’s fourth studio albu...
Birch tree lost its branch one day in violent winter
I said it was grieving, you said it don't feel nothing
I bet you think everything's in its rightful place
That sentiment is man's disgrace
Well the rooks in the trees they dont half bother me
Clawing at my mind with every given opportunity
It's spring outside, a perilous sky, and that terrible clattering sound
Fuck it you said, you should go shoot them down
So hey, that's me
Shooting at a hundred year old rookery
Oh look at me
The definition of futility
It's what you say anyway
So I'll go back to working through the gentle hours of the evening
Where the weather and the wine and the company treats me easily
Unknowing am I of the wind that took my eye
Unknowing am I of the wind
Unknowing am I of the wind that took my eye
Unknowing am I of the wind
Untitled was written by Ben Howard.
Ben Howard released Untitled on Sun May 27 2018.