Goddamn it's so very hot
Supposed to come a rain but it's not

Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds

Spiral down those hateful dears
Between our skins and burning spheres

Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds

Spiral down those hateful dears (goddamn it's so very hot)
Between our skins and burning spheres (supposed to come a rain but it's not)

Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah
Here come the painbirds
Oh yeah


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Painbirds Lyrics as written by Mark Linkous

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    It’s about chronic pain honestly. It’s quite common for pain flares to occur when weather is changing. And sometimes the rain resists and you’re wishing for it to just let it happen and go to a less horrendous baseline..

    Of course people can relate to this in different ways, as different kinds of pain. But I always thought this was perfectly describing some states of chronic pain (which he very much struggled with)

    blackalisson November 15, 2023   Link

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