White Denim - Burnished lyrics

The bird and the snake Over the sky how they fight Two countries that kiss Cross a river at night A burnished mistake How it gleams in the night A piece of hot clay The fine edge of a life A relevant take on the nature of giving is more than I'm able to lift A meaningful shake on the order of nature should be like sort of a gift Apparently used to the musings of angels we chirp in the arms of a birch Now you're gonna come and try to tell me now to leave How you gonna come and try to tell me now to leave I've been laying brick a'roofing house and laying seed You've been layin' 'round absorbin' dirt ama**in' need How you gonna come and try to tell me now to leave How you gonna come and try to tell me now to leave