Andrew Bird - Sisyphus
Time: 2:14
♪
For those who sit, recalcitrant, and taciturn
You know I'd rather turn and burn than scale this edifice, yeah

silent; habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Heard in 11 songs (1.1M+ combined views) — most famously in "Sisyphus" by Andrew Bird.
Updated August 31, 2026
Time: 2:14
♪
For those who sit, recalcitrant, and taciturn
You know I'd rather turn and burn than scale this edifice, yeah

Time: 0:42
And she's workin' out the meaning of the game
By the taciturn complexion of her face
Days and days I've faced myself amazed

Time: 0:19
I got off at your stop, at my stock's sudden drop
I'm a trusted doorstop or a paperweight, taciturn, inanimate
I can sit on your shelf, like ashes foretell

Time: 0:34
shivers like a leaf
taciturn and gentle
it's not hard to believe

Time: 0:37
She is the silence of night
My taciturn temptress
She's never up for a fight

Time: 1:40
I'm aching already
Hide your taciturn, mundane expressions
Affection will carry us a little while more

Time: 0:20
Put a fire on me but I don't burn
Shit on my history 'til I'm taciturn
Make a mockery of reality

Time: 0:11
Not exactly taciturn, he shared his bottle openly
Battered, banished, ill-remembered

Time: 1:04
Otherwise you burn
Not a place for taciturn
This is my high don't need no herb

Time: 6:24
In appropriately sober tone they asked "Who can it be?"
He was a very dull boy, very taciturn.
Not much of a joiner, he did not want to learn.

Time: 1:25
I come to you, you acting like you haven't a clue
Asking a who, taciturn, my baggage you shoo
Practically dude burned unmatched magic at school
