a year in song: birds

well, she was wearing a skirt

and he thought she looked nice,

and yes, she didn't really care about anything else

'cause she only wanted him to think that she looked nice.

and he did.

well, of course i had to put a bird on it ;) there is something so stripped down about this kate nash song in the way that it manages to capture the feelings of new love so simply. a new love is at once terrifying and beautiful, elusive and ever-present. you think that this must be what it feels like to jump off a tall building, and yet you know that, somehow, everything is right with the world and that nothing will ever be the same.

right birds can fly so high

and they can shit on your head.

yeah, they can almost fly into your eye

and make you feel so scared.

but when you look at them

and you see that they're beautiful,

that's how I feel about you.

right, that's how I feel about you.