I listened to a bird that told me all 
He seemed to make no sense as I recall 
I listened to the bees, their buzzing sounds 
Told nothing of the purpose of their rounds 
The claws that tear, the fangs that bite 
The placid pond, the bird in flight 
The lion stalking 'round his kill 
The flowers purpose on the hill 
I looked out at the trees that gently swayed 
They didn't need to know how they were made 
I wondered if the world kept something hid 
Denied to me, for something that I did 
The claws that tear, the fangs that bite 
The placid pond, the bird in flight 
The lion stalking 'round his kill 
The flowers purpose on the hill 
I listened to a bird that told me all 
He seemed to make no sense as I recall 
So far I haven't heard a songbird sing 
A single verse that told me anything 
The claws that tear, the fangs that bite 
The placid pond, the bird in flight 
The lion stalking 'round his kill 
The flowers purpose on the hill