Birdy

Released: January 1, 2011

Songwriter: Ed Sheeran

White lips, pale face
Breathing in snowflakes
Burnt lungs, sour taste

Light's gone, day's end
Struggling to pay rent
Long nights, strange men

And they say
She's in the class A team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since 18
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us

Cause we're just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple of grams
And she don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly

Ripped gloves, raincoat
Tried to swim, stay afloat
Dry house, wet clothes

Loose change, bank notes
Weary-eyed, dry throat
Cool girl, no phone

And they say
She's in the class A team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since 18
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us

Cause we're just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple of grams
And she don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
For angels to fly

Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh

And they say
She's in the class A team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since 18
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us

Cause we're just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple of grams
But she don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe we fly to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man

It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
For angels to fly
To fly
For angels to die

Jasmine van den Bogaerde, more commonly known as Birdy, is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She rose to stardom in 2011 for her cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love.”

Born in a small town in Hampshire, England, on May 15, 1996, Jasmine came from a musical family. Her mother is a concert pianist, which caused her to develop interest in the piano at a young age. By the age of seven, she had learned to play it, and a year later, she had begun writing her own songs.

In 2008, she entered the Open Mic UK contest. Performing her own song, entitled, “So Be Free,” she won, at the age of twelve. In 2011, she released her cover of Bon Iver’s, “Skinny Love.” The song charted well in the UK, and it shot her to stardom, at the age of 14. She later released a self-titled album of covers, including, “People Help the People,” by Cherry Ghost, “Shelter,” by The xx, “The A Team,” by Ed Sheeran, and her first hit, “Skinny Love.” All have since received millions of hits on YouTube.

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