Lyrics

[Verse 1] Like a flock of birds Or a pod of dolphins A bellowing of bullfinches A fling of dunlins Like a mob of kangaroos A brood of hens A bazaar of guillemots Just like a band of jays A shrewdness of apes A deceit of lapwings Like a host of sparrows A trip of wildfowls A mutation of thrushes Like an army of ants An ostentation of peacocks A down of rabbits Like a rumba of rattlesnakes A run of salmon A bob of seals Like a kettle of hawks A nest of hornets A gam of whales A quiver of cobras A dole of doves A shoal of shads A company of angelfish A glint of goldfish A knot of toads [Chorus] Did you ever have a go? Everyone must have a go It's your next Penrose step Ones that have spent their time on Earth Have a different kind of glow You put it on hold But soon you're given birth You leave everything Say goodbye to your worlds All your worlds, all your pretty little worlds [Verse 2] Like a bloat of hippopotami A warren of wombats A zeal of zebras Like a generation of vipers A bale of turtles Streak of tigers A glen of herring A hover of trout A wisdom of owls A murmuration of starlings A dray of squirrels A spring or harem of seals Like a drove of sheep A leash of foxes A skein of geese A tower of giraffes A knot of frogs A memory of elephants A weyr of dragons [Chorus] So you decide to have a go And everybody has to know It's your time All the ones that have spent their time on Earth Have a different kind of flow So you thought that you just might Let go of holding light We have the same thought At the same time, after time Never running out of time [Post-Chorus] Our movements trace invisible patterns We draw in the sky using no eyes A living matrix, hexagonal, atonal A framework of sound as we're letting you down A shower of rain, a bevy of ladies A blush of boys, an ambush of toys A den of thieves, a coven of witches A worship of reads, a curse of painters [Verse 3] Like a conspiracy of ravens A brace of thrush of ducks A mask of raccoons A crash of rhinos A mute of hounds A warren of rabbits A turn of turtles Like a shiver of sharks A span of mules A school of sea stars A gulp of cormorants So zebrine So hipptigrine So eranaceine So helminthic And so formic Anisopterian Iguinine Pteropine So it seems So galagine So perfect So hyenine [Chorus] All the ones that have spent their time on Earth They've lived lives you'll never know Now you want to go down there Though you will know it will hurt Let go of your worlds, all your worlds All your pretty little worlds All your worlds, all your pretty little worlds