Bird on the Wire

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Like a bird on the wire, 
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free. 
Like a worm on a hook, 
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee. 
If I, if I have been unkind, 
I hope that you can just let it go by. 
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you. 
Like a baby, stillborn, 
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me. 
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee. 
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, 
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much." 
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, 
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?" 

Oh like a bird on the wire, 
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

Leonard Cohen

Mediums: wood, gesso, glass, metal, taxidermy, paper, gold leaf, sealing wax

900w x 470h x 140d mm