Magpie River - Rosie Drown

from Fourth Strike Song Jam 2025 by Fourth Strike Records

Magpie River by Rosie Drown

pilot sits by the river waiting for the call
pilot sits by the river, just waiting
conformity enforced with a gun to the back of her head
made to be a weapon, she reminds her make-believe friends
she waits by the river for her betters to call

pilot sits by the river waiting for the call
pilot sits by the river, just waiting
can't imagine another world, can't imagine a better life
she'll be stuck in there forever, waiting for the next practice flight 
she waits by the river for her betters to call

she often wonders if there's other streams like this one
and if there's someone else like her sitting next to it

then she shakes off her dreams, and comes back into focus
because how could there be anyone
anyone like her

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on a hill somewhere far away
there sits another girl
who is wrapping up her night

if they were ever to meet
they'd fall so madly in love
but they will never get the chance
as they are
sitting there across the world
they wonder 

pilot sits by the river waiting for the call
pilot sits by the river just waiting
as she stares into the starry night
while her counter does the same
she asks the dark a question 
and she fashions herself a name
will there ever be another girl like me