A Lot Like Birds 'Connector' (Official Music Video)

From the album 'No Place' available now!

Directed by: John Howe

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Lyrics:
Go through solid stages not noticing me.
Hands hold tightly. No one shares.

Doll it up! (At the rate the paint is peeling off the wall,)
We'll need to cover it! (Cover it!)
Before it all falls apart! (Oh, it'll all fall apart.)
Truss it up! (At the rate the skin is sloughing off our bones,)
They'll need to bury us. (Bury us!)
Because we all fall apart. Yeah, we all fall apart.

The open mouths of these rooms are connected by a hallway, dark and narrow,
That we pass through like marrow through bone.
And we do it alone.

I miss the point and wish I still didn't dream.
A taste gone mad, a sweet sadness, my favorite feeling.
The whispering walls sound like an endless corridor
And at this rate, all the paint is peeling off the walls.
(And all I want to do is chase it) before it all falls apart
(down the hall made out of frozen faces.)
(Expressionless, eyes to the ground and lips locked tight, ever so quiet, ever so quiet.)

And I never choose to taste hallucinations of what I've seen.
(Because I don't see the difference between chasing ghosts in dreams and chasing dreams in life.)

Doll it up! All the ones still close to us,
Are the ones that most of us still don't see,
Still don't see the way.
I would have thought that,
it could be the sympathetic solution, disillusion.
And if I stayed or left would you notice more or less of my existence?

Out of the corner of my eye,
I see the ghost stutter-stepping like strobe lights,
ever-inching closer, but always out of reach.
So I hold my breath and keep it under my tongue,
And wait until both of my lungs are filled.
If I count to ten, will it all go away?

Brushed aside or pushed aside:
A difference in tension, intention and force applied.
Cast aside or passing by people as canvases:
blank outside and bleak inside.

We learned (and it caused other things asunder)
to stay (and avoiding all the turmoil)
out of the way of each other.
Just stay out of the way!

Always colliding with the things that we had tried hard to avoid we just,
(Bury them, close our eyes, cover it up. But what was buried managed to unlock the door even though we had boarded them, nailed them shut, hid the keys.)

Will we (in for it now) ever (board up the house) find (happiness, clarity, peace of mind?
Follow me down the hallway.)
If I should take a fall,
don't look back.
Pick a door. Any door. Any door! NOW!

(And now we all fall apart, Now we all fall apart)

And now we sit in what was built on our dreams.
A space, now sad, speaks madness,
attempts concealing the crumbling walls.
It feels like our time is getting short.
And it's too late cause all the paint is lying on the floor.
Did we selfishly erase it?
(And we have all ignored the fault.)
Busy filling mirrors with our damn faces?
Circling flaws that we find without respite,
what do we find?
What do we find?
And in the meantime, all the vultures circle us in hopes to feed.
Because they don't see the difference between,
Death disguised as life,
and life with lifeless eyes.

(Doll it up!) All the ones still close to us,
are the ones that most of us,
still don't see, the way.
(I would of thought)
I would have thought that it could be,
the sympathetic solution, disillusion.
(Because we all fall apart, Now we all fall apart)
The open mouths close!!

#ALotLikeBirds #NoPlace

[safecampdee]

One of the best swancore songs ever made. This was fucking art... We need this era back badly

[dakane]

"hey what are you listening to?"

"a lot like birds"

"oh I haven't heard of them what are they like"

"birds"

[dengekitomato]

I’m so mad that I discovered this band too late. I’d love to see them live. But I also glad that I discovered them to enjoy the music they left behind. These guys are amazing.

[ryanlally]

There’s no explanation on how much I love this song

[mdstevens]

"The whispering walls sound like an endless corridor..." The instrumentation from A Lot Like Birds is always top notch... Those riffs, the grooves... The vocal melodies, the harmonies, the screams... Definitely one of my all time favourite songs and videos.

[rene]

I really like how the intensity and power of the song just builds up in the beginning.

[machiaveli]

if schizophrenia, acid, and silent hill had an illegitimate child aired on adult swim, this would be the product. i dig it.

[cinnamoncoffeecake]

i feel like charlie kelly on a glue overdose watching this

spiders

[Minecaked]

If you like this I recommend Hail the Sun and Circa Survive.

[horizoniki]

The author managed to capture the whole "No Place" conception in one video. pure genius. from No Nurture daddy issues, to that bedroom scene from Hand Over Mouth, Over And Over. Suicide attempt pictured in Kuroi Ledge is also here. Just listen to the whole album once again and watch this video right after.

[collidingwithmars]

That video was awesome (the song is too, obviously) but the amount of time it must have taken to put that entire thing together is admirable. My eyes were glued to the screen the entire time, it felt like I was watching a dream of mine through a YouTube video.

[horizoniki]

this could just be the best thing i saw and heard in 2014..

[evildonut]

Growing up in a destructive household I deeply relate to the message of this song.
What you grow up in really determines your mentality later in life if you were abused in any way or if your family had major conflicts it’s easier just to watch the paint pealing off the walls and cover it up because the pain of confronting your past can be oh so very heavy
But if left covered we end up dolling up and being fake with lifeless eyes trampling over the future and are dreams and time will eventually grow short for us and we die
And all the paint is lying on the floor
Keeping you lips looked tight is not the way to get though your trauma

[syrukean]

This band is probably the most refreshing music i've stumbled upon in a while.

[Itsjyooo]

There's just so many ways to interpret this video. I've watching it about 12 times in the last 3 days and I still find something new when I watch it.

[Snorlax]

This is amazing. Solidifies No Place as my #1 album of 2013. The concept is just so well thought out and this video just takes you through it. Good job boys.

[jakkob]

I feel so grateful for the person who recommended this band to me.

[yahstino]

Good fucking lord what an absolute masterpiece

[dreaminginnoother]

this is brilliant.  Song, video, the whole thing.  Fuckin great.

[glocktober]

I love how this video just takes you through the entire concept of the album