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Your 8th Birthday Lyrics
Who could hang a dead man's swing-set from the moon yeah
You did
Then you gave it
To the ghosts and
The witches
Who can say goodbye with a yodel-ay-hee-hoo yeah
You did
With the promise
That the dead are now magicians
Kaidin
Kaidin
This hymn rings with the singing of three cheers
For the king of the jungle gym
He's the kid who swore it is a one handshake
A birthday cake imitation
You make traffic jams feel like parades
You bury the dead with the faith
That makes lightning bugs swarm
As if it was graduation
Kaidin
Kaidin
Who could change your silly life into a screaming supernova
You do
Who could change my sleepy brain into the eye of a hurricane
Kaidin
Kaidin
You did
Then you gave it
To the ghosts and
The witches
You did
With the promise
That the dead are now magicians
Kaidin
For the king of the jungle gym
He's the kid who swore it is a one handshake
A birthday cake imitation
You bury the dead with the faith
That makes lightning bugs swarm
As if it was graduation
Kaidin
You do
Kaidin
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Yeah I'm actually listening to this for the first time as I write this. I think The Meaning of 8 could be Cloud Cult's best album, and I've loved all of their other ones. Great band, so far this is the best song on the album
For those who don't know, Kaidin (I thought the spelling was Kaiden, but really don't know for sure) was the name of lead singer Craig Minowa's son who unexpectedly died while still an infant.
P.S.
Kaidin is the right spelling, my bad
this song is so sad. hes screaming out his dead son's name... it really brings tears to my eyes, especially since i have a two year old song.
It is very sad, this year his son would have been 8 years old. I caught them live recently and I was dissappointed that they didn't play this song, but I can obviously see why they might not want to play such a personal song in front of a crowd.
This is a great song. But the lyric is "You make lightning bugs swarm as if it was graduation" not "lightning bolts warm".
You're right... anyone know how I can edit these lyrics?
This is by far one of my favorites from the album. It is really amazing...
P.S. I contacted the poster of the lyrics so they would fix the lyric...! :]
oh my god, oh my god. this is unbearably sad and beautiful. this is possibly the most sad and beautiful thing i have heard in a long long time.
"birthday cake invitation" not imitation.
LOVE this song. it's truly beautiful.