Wrong place wrong time

(Verse 1)

Found a feathered ghost by my metal door

Lyin' still on the concrete floor

Set a trap for rats, not wings

But life don’t care for careful things

By the edge of the shed, where the shadows creep

Where critters crawl and silence keeps

Something fell from the open blue

And paid the price it never knew

(Chorus)

Wrong place, wrong time, no reason or rhyme

Caught in the claws of a rusted line

Wasn’t huntin’ birds, just fightin’ pests

But fate don’t knock, it just arrests

Ain’t no mercy in a steel-snapped snap

Just feathers twisted in a dirty old trap

Didn’t mean no harm, but harm still came

Now the wind don’t sing that bird’s name

(Verse 2)

I stood above with a heavy breath

A little life choked by a careless death

No war, no chase, no righteous plan

Just a broken wing on a patch of land

Maybe that’s the way the wild turns

No glory there, just lessons burned

Ain’t every tale got a sweet refrain

Some end cold in the morning rain

(Chorus)

Wrong place, wrong time, no reason or rhyme

A fluke of fate or a crooked sign

Wasn’t meant for you, but you paid the debt

Now the sky’s a little quieter yet

(Bridge)

Should I bury the bones or just walk on by?

Ain’t no answer in an empty sky

Just a flash of life, then a silent fall

No good, no bad—just nature’s call

(Final Chorus)

Wrong place, wrong time, like a twisted chord

The melody snapped by a steel-tipped sword

Wasn’t my fault, but I still feel stained

By the price of a trap and a bird unclaimed