Preen from ODDBIRD by Wren Dove Lark

The first single from the forthcoming album ODDBIRD out 11/6

Arguably the saddest song on the record, so an unusual pick for the first single. But I love it, and I think it represents my headspace from when I made this album very well. A song about a dark void of self-hatred. About a strong yearning for external validation and love. About letting someone tear away pieces of yourself until you become who they want you to be.
lyrics
There’s a darkness in me
I try to dress it up real bright
I try to push it back within me
But it still comes out at night
And there’s a darkness within me
It’s getting harder and harder to fight

And there’s a tendency in me
To pull out every hair
And pry off every nail
To get closer to the pain
And this tendency in me
Is getting harder and harder to change

And I hear your voice say
“Strip it all away”
I know that I should
And if I could find a way
To make that feel okay
Please know that I would
Draw you close enough to just

Pull my feathers off
Pull my feathers off
Preen me
Preen me
My feathers of many colors
Pull them off one by one
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
My feathers
Preen me

And there’s a loneliness in me
It colors everything I do
It sabotages me
Gives me everything to lose
And the loneliness within me
Beckons me to you

And there’s a tenderness within me
That lies right underneath
All my fraying seams
And it’s free for you to use
But the tenderness in me
It tends to be abused

And I hear your voice say
“Strip it all away”
I know that I should
And if I could find a way
To make that feel okay
Please know that I would
Draw you close enough to just

Pull my feathers off
Pull my feathers off
Preen me
Preen me
My feathers of many colors
Pull them off one by one
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
My feathers
Preen me

And when you have gotten
All you wanted
I hope you see
The parts left haunted
In me

A thousand scars left on my body
From all the stones they threw at me

And I can’t find a way
To make them go away
I wish that I could
But all I hear is your voice say
“It will be okay”
I wish that it would

‘Cause all I want to do is draw you close
And let you just
And let you just

Pull my feathers off
Pull my feathers off
Preen me
Preen me
My feathers of many colors
Pull them off one by one
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
Make me what you want
Preen me
My feathers
Preen me
Preen me

• Pop
• dance pop
• diy
• indie pop
• sample-based pop
• transgender
• Newark