Meadowlark, fly away down
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
For you to wear upon your fleeced down

My meadowlark sing to me

Hummingbird, just let me die
Inside the broken ovals of your olive eyes
I do believe you gave it your best try

My hummingbird sing to me,
My hummingbird sing to me

Don't believe a word that I haven't heard
Little children laughing at the boys and girl
The meadowlark singing to you each and everyday
The arc light on the hill side and the market in the hay

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Written by: STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

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Shroomy Creates

13w↑6

Lyrics:
Meadowlark, fly away down
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
For you to wear upon your fleeced down
My meadowlark sing to me
Hummingbird, just let me die
Inside the broken ovals of your olive eyes
I do believe you gave it your best try
My hummingbird sing to me,
My hummingbird sing to me
Don't believe a word that I haven't heard
Little children laughing at the boys and girl
The meadowlark singing to you each and everyday
The arc light on the hill side and the market in the hay

S S

I had this dream that it was a summer night outside, my coworkers & I were all standing underneath the pale light of a street light, on a large patch of soft grass, having fun as we passed a large beach ball, and a large frisbee around the night sky.

We were laughing, telling jokes, and all around enjoying each other's company. I remember a co-worker was feeling sad, however, talking about how she'd miss us, and that she'd be going off to start her old job, which she was pretty scared about, since she wasn't in a good place when she was working there.
We comforted her, giving her hugs, and telling her that she'd be okay.
When it was time for her to leave, she was in tears, but she was ready to start another chapter in her life. I remember following her to her car, watching her get in & drive off into the night.
She & I didn't say anything to each other, no goodbyes or well wishes. I felt kinda sad that things ended the way they did between her & I, but after watching her go; I felt that sadness slowly lifted from my heart.
A Fleet Foxes song started playing in my head as I turned back around to face my friends, a ball came bouncing back to me, and I ended up passing it back to them, and joining them in their company. Things felt different, but things felt better than they did before.

This was that song.

All comments from YouTube:

Carina Xavier

30w↑9

If I have a kid someday in my life, I'm gonna put these songs to he/she sleep. And take a lot of care.

Jonah Montoya-lowenstein

25w

Sing it to my baby every fucking day

Tyler Bailey

1y↑18

I love this song. I don't have a favorite one though - they're all so great.

Paul Nike

1y↑1

Luke Kline 4.

Luke Kline

@Pulson Games 3

Pulson Games

1y↑1

Funny how there are 3k views and only 1 comment, well, 2 now.

Shroomy Creates

13w↑6

Claire Carrico

38w↑4

This song reminds me of Rue from the Hunger Games.

Counter Knave

38w↑3

This deserves way more comments. It’s too beautiful to only have 7.

Fahri Herlangga

36w

even 17k views is not enough to listen this beautiful song.....

Victoria Smith

14w↑4

I love Fleet Foxes. Always come to this song when I need to feel understood. Somehow it always helps.

Caio Falcão

4w↑1

2:33 - 3:12 That’s the best part of the song. It makes me feel like I am in an european forest during the Middle Ages.

very gray shark

40w↑9

So.... Underrated.

S S

Asura_Wrath_God90 Cueva

47w↑1

I want to be the 5th <3

JoshTheGreat33

24w

while i think it is essentially impossible to choose my favorite fleet foxes song, this just might be it...

cnnrthecrrll

Why exactly does this have 430 dislikes? It can be regarded as one of the most genuinely beautiful songs of its time - I don't know why someone would feel the need to falter its growth.