The Sifters Songtext
von Andrew Bird

Sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin, pushing and pulling
From shore to shore, biggest melody you never heard before, no

What if I were the night sky? I were the night sky
It′s my lullaby to leave by

What if we hadn't been born at the same time
What if you were 75 and I were nine?
Would I still visit you?
Bring you cookies in an old folks′ home
Would you be there alone?

When the late summer line fires off in your arms
Will I remember to breathe? No, I never will
In a fire, I could convince you that I mean you no harm
Just wanna show you I'm not too mean


If I were the the night sky, and if I were the night sky
Here's my lullaby
My lullaby to leave by
Lullaby to leave by
If I were the night

What if we hadn′t been each other at the same time?
Would you tell me all the stories
From when you were young and in your prime?
Would I rock you to sleep?
Would you tell me all the secrets you don′t need to keep?
Would I still miss you?
Oh, would you then have been mine?

Sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin
Pushing and pulling from shore to shore
Biggest melody you've never heard before

What if I were the night sky? I were the night sky
Here′s my lullaby to leave my
My lullaby to leave by
Lullaby to leave by
If I were the night sky