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Andrew Bird — Roma Fade
Album: Are You Serious
Avg rating:
7

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Total ratings: 1629









Released: 2016
Length: 3:59
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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See her light, how it reigns
So hard on your high plains
So you take such pains
That she won't notice you
And your x-rays
Of your Paleo man
All gaze
How they rest, and play
Slowly corrupting you
I wonder what the chance is you wanted to
A thousand vacant stares won't make it true
Make it true

You need a witness just to know you're there
From the tips of your fingers, every strand of hair
You know someone's watching you watching me watching you
And all that we look upon
You may not know me but you feel my stare

And if she sees you, it changes you
Rearranges your molecules
And if you see her, it changes her
She's a danger now, after school
And if she sees you, it changes you
Rearranges your molecules
And if you see her, it changes her
She'll be seeing you after school
Here's where gentlemen avert their eyes
Maybe she's a gentleman in disguise
In disguise

You need a witness just to know you're there
From the tips of your fingers, every strand of hair
You know someone's watching you
Watching me watching you and all that we look upon
You may not know me but you feel my
Stare

And if I see you, how it changes me
And if you see me, how it changes you
Changes you
And if I see you, how it changes me
And if you see me, how it changes you
Changes you
Comments (30)add comment
 meatmike wrote:

Checked out tiny desk concert. Great site for RP fans. This song has GOOD ENERGY.


Here's another one from 2022, this time with Iron & Wine. Apparently they are buddies.
Posted 1 year ago by ramsay    [ Reply ]
I think I will be seeing Andrew Bird on this year’s Cayamo festival at sea! Looking forward to that.
Posted 2 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
I really want to like Andrew, a lot of my fellow music lovers do, but I just don’t get it. At first I just found him mildly irritating but then i really started to actively dislike everything I hear of his and now reach for the skip button
Posted 3 years ago by fortheloveofpete    [ Reply ]
Checked out tiny desk concert. Great site for RP fans. This song has GOOD ENERGY.
Posted 4 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
Andrew Bird is doing a live stream concert this Sunday, June 28. Only $15 with some going to charity. Details are on his website. Might be a nice break in the time of Covid.
Posted 4 years ago by cbrandtbuffalo    [ Reply ]
This just bugs me.  It sounds too cute for my taste.
Posted 5 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Was just looking at the new AB album paused in Spotify wondering if RP had put any of it into rotation yet when this song came on.  Still warming up to the new album, but Are You Serious completely made me a huge fan of his again after falling off my radar for a few years...  Such a great album...  The Fiona Apple duet on this album is also excellent.
Posted 5 years ago by serstad    [ Reply ]
Anyone who can play a violin like a guitar gets at least an 8
Posted 5 years ago by Shaggy27    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
I can't describe exactly what about this track gets me, although I have bumped my rating up to an 8.  Maybe it's the cool syncopated beat, esp. at the end....still it's a great tune and a great way to start the long Memorial day weekend while at work (with a skeleton crew and nearly nothing to do!)

LONG LIVE RP!


 
I must like this one enough to have re-rated to a 9....and I'm also liking the new RP Webpage...it's cool having the Wiki page come up (and now I know Mr. Bird was a part of SNZ....cool and good to know!)  
Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
i highly recommend checking out PBS tiny desk concert version of this song for greater appreciation of Mr. Bird
Posted 5 years ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
 citybiker wrote:
Sounds a lot like a My Morning Jacket song....Touch me I'm going to scream?

 
Wow. Did not notice that until now. Spot on Biker!
Posted 5 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Henry - "Watching us..." Sarah - "Watching you..." Matthew - "Watching us..." Jeremy - "Watching you...." (all) - "GOODNIGHT!" ....
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 citybiker wrote:
Sounds a lot like a My Morning Jacket song....Touch me I'm going to scream?

  
I thought so too!


Posted 7 years ago by cmcisaac    [ Reply ]
The beginning sounds like music from a laundry detergent commercial.
Posted 7 years ago by kylieh    [ Reply ]

I can't describe exactly what about this track gets me, although I have bumped my rating up to an 8.  Maybe it's the cool syncopated beat, esp. at the end....still it's a great tune and a great way to start the long Memorial day weekend while at work (with a skeleton crew and nearly nothing to do!)

LONG LIVE RP!


Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP! Now am in love with Andrew Bird !
Posted 7 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like a My Morning Jacket song....Touch me I'm going to scream?
Posted 7 years ago by citybiker    [ Reply ]
{#Sick}
Posted 7 years ago by icuski2    [ Reply ]
6.5? Are you serious?
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
Never heard this one before. Yet I could identify it as an Adrew Bird song directly from the opening notes. =)

 
Nice pizzicato at the beginning but I could see how you'd identify his work: the whistling is a dead give-away.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Really like him but the drums annoy me on this one.

 
Me too, that's not good drums.
Posted 8 years ago by CHuLoYo    [ Reply ]
Everything by Andrew Bird is amazing!
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Never heard this one before. Yet I could identify it as an Adrew Bird song directly from the opening notes. =)
Posted 8 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Really like him but the drums annoy me on this one.
Posted 8 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
Ever since I heard Pulaski at Night by Andrew Bird here on RP I've listened to a lot of his music, absolutely love it. And apparently he loves the Netherlands, seems to tour here a lot and has a fondness of the word 'Gezelligheid' ha.
Posted 8 years ago by DippingSauce    [ Reply ]
Favorite song off this new album! For now at least{#Laughing}
Posted 8 years ago by avenathus    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
No listener comments on this song yet.
Why not be the first?{#Cheesygrin}

 
you beat me to it
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
No listener comments on this song yet.
Why not be the first?{#Cheesygrin}
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]