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November

from Head Like A Nest by Sparkbird

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    Double vinyl version of the album Head Like A Nest. Pressed on black vinyl with a double gatefold jacket and insert.
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    Side A
    1. Sparkbird
    2. November
    3. After the Ball
    4. Arboretum

    Side B
    1. Mayday!
    2. Sun Goes Dark
    3. Envy

    Side C
    1. Grievances
    2. Wooden
    3. What A Lark!

    Side D
    1. Atlantisia
    2. The Light That Comes Through
    3. Rebreather

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lyrics

One small sound, one small word
In tongues all over the world
I said it
I said it
One small word
I said it, I didn't
I said it, I didn't
Tongues all over

Can't pick them out
Can't press them in
I'll never hide my scars
Can't pick them out
Can't press them in
I'll never hide my scars
I'll never hide my scars

One small sound, one small sight
One unsheathed knife must glint
In an alternate timeline's light
One rust-ridden blade juts out
Of a friendly moonstruck shape
To tear, tear terribly, terribly, tear, tear terribly
The delicate crepe of night

Familiarity breeds indifference
Familiarity breeds discontent
Familiarity breeds indifference
Familiarity breeds discontent

My other time machine:
A pungent, putrid brownish green
November smile
Blandishing my two-timing door

One small sound, one small bite, one tomial tooth
One Loggerhead Shrike must skewer
My invertebrate doppelgänger
On barbed wire in a parallel universe
My tongue parallelly bleeds
One small drop
In a monthful of blood
In tongues all over the world

I said it, I didn't
It doesn't matter
What I said or didn't
Admit it
You were never going to get it
I was always gonna get it

Can't pick them out
Can't press them in
I'll never hide my scars
Can't pick them out
Can't press them in
I'll never hide my
Familiarity breeds
Familiarity breeds
Not only is it thicker, blood is stickier than water
Maybe that's relevant somehow
Can I explode now?

credits

from Head Like A Nest, released November 14, 2025
Piano, lead vocals, backing vocals - Stephan Nance
Drums & percussion - Mathias Kunzli
Bass - Jeni Magana
Strings arrangement - Stephan Nance and Michelle Packman
Strings - Bizarre Star Strings: (Patti King - violin, Kyleen King - viola, Anna Fritz - cello)
Strings engineer - Jason Powers
Guitar, additional backing vocals - Josh Frigo
Vocal engineer - Adam Sweeney

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Sparkbird New York, New York

Sparkbird, a.k.a. Stephan Nance. Whimsical dark cabaret folk-pop. Pronouns: they/them.
contact: hello@sparkbirdmusic.com

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