White Feather - Amanda Shires

In a field in Ohio I change into a scarecrow’s clothes

To learn some of the secret songs he knows

I ran through the day and into the night

To be the one doin' the frightenin';

it’s freein', I suppose

Could be learned behavior

To fold and call it failure

'Cause you’re terrified of showin' your hand

I think you feel safer

Mumblin' your prayers

To a God you don’t understand

You don’t understand

You don’t understand

In a pool of water I saw my reflection sink low

And a vision of our future rose

We’re drownin' in diamonds borrowed and charged

with no compass or a sky with no stars

It could be learned behavior

To fold and call it failure

'Cause you’re terrified of showin' your hand

I think you feel safer

Mumblin' your prayers

To a God you don’t understand

You don’t understand

You don’t understand

Jesus can’t stop laughin'

If he could he’d just start cryin'

Sings «You hear me, girl, I know you can»

It’s easy to be quiet

And easy to be silent

When you’re afraid of what you don’t understand

What you don’t understand

What you don’t understand

I sat back in the grass inside a galaxy of gnats

And I let the bats in my brain loose

I could see clearly a raven landin' near me

Wavin' a white feather, callin' for a truce