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A song by Carol Johnston

The Birds Know When It's Safe

Stories, Myth & Nature 4:40

0:00 4:40

Lyrics

The birds know when it's safe
So why don't we
Animals have instincts
That we don't see

They sing when it's secure
They hide when it's unsure
They let each other know
They're different from us, bro

Why don't we use our senses?
That are helpful everywhere?
They're our very best defenses
And we're barely just aware
Have we lost them?
It's so not fair
Just not use them?
In disrepair?
Ignore it at your own despair

The world isn't what we think it is
Life is really shaped by premises
It's reality's fourth wall
It's designed to just enthrall
Information is now stalled
So you can't explore it all
It's our psychogenesis
It then twists the emphasis
It's a trickster nemesis

Some folk see the world through other than their eyes
Most don't believe them no matter how they try
They all seem to see what isn't there
They all see the world that we don't dare
Are they much safer?
They see more layers?
Their senses greater?

It's their ESP
It's not what we see
Their normality
Their abilities
We're not aware
Why don't we care?
We can disagree
But they can
Foresee

The birds know it's not safe
So why don't we
Animals use instincts
That we don't see

They play when it's secure
They run when it's unsure
They let each other know
They're different from us, bro

I feel you on the back of my neck
You're staring at me, I turned and checked
Felt your gaze and am amazed
I stared back, you are unfazed
Why are you so unafraid?
Is this supposed to protect?
A psychic link we neglect?

Are the senses that we use, unreliable ?
Are our senses being changed, imperceptible?
Are the things we ignore, really there?
Are the sounds that we hear, only air?
Are they fanciful?
Are they fictional?
Just illusional?
Just Illusional?

I really doubt we would survive
Out in the wild and stay alive
We are way too soft
Turned our senses off
We're all socialized
We're all civilized
So domesticized
Just unnaturalized

Walk in nature's gallery
Listen to its melodies
The twitter, trills of life aware
Background sound that's always there
When it's silent
Just be beware
It's natures way
A strange affair
Ignore it at your own despair

The birds know when it's safe
So why don't we
Animals have instinct
That we don't see

They sing when it's secure
They hide when it's unsure
They let each other know
They're different from us, bro

We're not aware
Senses stripped bare
Why don't we care
We have lost them,
I do declare

Yes, we've lost them!
They're just not there

The birds know when it's safe
So why don't we
Animals have instincts
That we don't see

They sing when it's secure
They hide when it's unsure
They let each other know
They're different from us, bro

Why don't we use our senses?
That are helpful everywhere?
They're our very best defenses
And we're barely just aware
Have we lost them?
It's so not fair
Just not use them?
In disrepair?
Ignore it at your own despair

The world isn't what we think it is
Life is really shaped by premises
It's reality's fourth wall
It's designed to just enthrall
Information is now stalled
So you can't explore it all
It's our psychogenesis
It then twists the emphasis
It's a trickster nemesis

Some folk see the world through other than their eyes
Most don't believe them no matter how they try
They all seem to see what isn't there
They all see the world that we don't dare
Are they much safer?
They see more layers?
Their senses greater?

It's their ESP
It's not what we see
Their normality
Their abilities
We're not aware
Why don't we care?
We can disagree
But they can
Foresee

The birds know it's not safe
So why don't we
Animals use instincts
That we don't see

They play when it's secure
They run when it's unsure
They let each other know
They're different from us, bro

I feel you on the back of my neck
You're staring at me, I turned and checked
Felt your gaze and am amazed
I stared back, you are unfazed
Why are you so unafraid?
Is this supposed to protect?
A psychic link we neglect?

Are the senses that we use, unreliable ?
Are our senses being changed, imperceptible?
Are the things we ignore, really there?
Are the sounds that we hear, only air?
Are they fanciful?
Are they fictional?
Just illusional?

I really doubt we would survive
Out in the wild and stay alive
We are way too soft
Turned our senses off
We're all socialized
We're all civilized
So domesticized
Just unnaturalized

Walk in nature's gallery
Listen to its melodies
The twitter, trills of life aware
Background sound that's always there
When it's silent
Oh, just beware
It's natures way
A strange affair
Ignore it at your own despair

The birds know when it's safe
So why don't we
Animals have instinct
That we don't see

They sing when it's secure
They hide when it's unsure
They let each other know
They're different from us, bro

We're not aware
Senses stripped bare
Why don't we care
We have lost them,
I do declare

Yes, we've lost them!
They're just not there

Music video

Other versions (3)

Earlier or alternate takes Carol made of this song.

  • Version 2 5:25
  • Version 3 5:20
  • Version 4 4:55