Don't get any big ideas, "you're just a bird in a flock," is the nihilistic hook on Toronto-based Vivienne Wilder's single "Sparrow Bones". Continuing to tackle mental health, self-worth, depression, suicidal thoughts and feelings of dissociation, Wilder's music postions her as an outside observer looking into our world today. The song is taken from her upcoming album "I Don't Believe", which has strong themes of human disconnect and apathy. Through her music - inspired sonically by '90s indie rock and legends like Siouxsie Sioux and Tom Waits - she shares what's really important: coming together in hope and compassion.
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lyrics
Lyrics for "Sparrow Bones":
Don't cry over mercy kills
Sparrow bones or bloody hills
Springtime's coming
Down a bottle in one breath
Squeeze until you break its neck
Keep on humming
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Slow but sure
You grew up just to get yourself broken
Sad but true
Hey, it's got nothing to do with you
Nothing, no
Something's dead inside of me
Sparrow bone skeleton key
Check the rearview
Choose your own advertisement
Find yourself a new boyfriend
Hey, someone wants you
You're just as pretty as a picture, baby
Someone wants you
Slow but sure
You grew up just to get yourself broken
Sad but true
Hey, it's got nothing to do with you
Nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Talk that talk
You're just a bird in a flock
You're just a bird in a
Talk that talk
You're just a bird in a
You're just a bird in a
Talk that talk
You're just a bird in a flock
You're just a bird in a flock
Talk that talk
You're just a bird in a flock
You're just a bird in a flock
Talk that talk
You're just a bird in a fl-
You're just a bird in a flock
Talk that talk
You're just a bird in a
You're just a bird in a
You're just a bird in a flock
A bird in a flock
A bird in a
You're just a bird
You're just a, you're just a
You're just a bird
You're just a bird
You're just a bird
You're just a bird
You're just a bird
You're just a bird
credits
from I Don't Believe,
track released April 8, 2022
Recorded (mostly) live at Union Sound Company in Toronto, September 26th 2020
Produced by Neil Whitford
Engineered by Andrew McGill
Mixed by Ian Docherty
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
Portrait of Vivienne Wilder by Gordon Hyland
Vivienne Wilder - Vocals, Electric Guitar
Neil Whitford - Electric Guitar
Gordon Hyland - Tenor Saxophone
Andrew Roorda - Electric Bass
Kyle McGyle - Drums
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