Black Bird, Black Heart
Flight of the Enigmatic Heart
Lyrics
Swallow the words
Expressing the act of suppressing or holding back words.
Because it hurts too much to hurt you
Explaining the reluctance to cause pain to the listener.
A flock of birds
Referring to a group of birds, possibly symbolizing a collective presence.
Black shadow looks like you
Comparing a black shadow of birds to someone significant.
I fear the words
Expressing a greater fear of words than the person being addressed.
More than I fear you
Highlighting the intensity of the fear associated with words.
I could fly for love, fly for stars, for gravity
Describing a willingness to go to great lengths for love and ambition.
Black heart that flies, black bird that's free
Referring to a free-spirited black bird with a black heart.
Black heart, you fly down low to me
Addressing the black heart that descends towards the speaker.
In the body of a bird, you skim the rooftops and the trees
Describing the bird's movement over rooftops and trees.
You're already on the street
Indicating the bird's presence in the immediate surroundings.
You've already come for me
Suggesting the bird's arrival or impact on the speaker.
I could see you coming
Claiming an ability to foresee the approach of the bird.
I could see you
Reiterating the ability to see the bird approaching.
Little one, haven't I seen you?
Possibly addressing a younger or smaller individual.
A bird becomes
Exploring the transformation of a bird into a symbolic representation of virtue.
My wandering virtue
Describing the bird as a manifestation of the speaker's wandering virtue.
You shoot me down, down, down, down, down, down
Using a repeated "down" to depict a descent or fall.
Down to earth, down to
Elaborating on the descent to the earth.
I could find the words and ignore them from the start
Expressing a desire to ignore certain words from the beginning.
Let me be the bird with the black, black heart
Aspiring to be a bird characterized by a black heart.
Black heart, you fly down low to me
Repeating the theme of the black heart descending towards the speaker.
In the body of a bird, you skim the rooftops and the trees
Reiterating the bird's movement over rooftops and trees.
You're already on the street
Emphasizing the bird's presence in the immediate surroundings.
You've already come for me
Stating the bird's arrival or impact on the speaker.
I could see you coming
Claiming an ability to foresee the approach of the bird.
I could see you
Reiterating the ability to see the bird approaching.
Black heart, you fly down low to me
Repeating the theme of the black heart descending towards the speaker.
In the body of a bird, you skim the rooftops and the trees
Reiterating the bird's movement over rooftops and trees.
You're already on the street
Emphasizing the bird's presence in the immediate surroundings.
You've already come for me
Stating the bird's arrival or impact on the speaker.
I could see you coming
Claiming an ability to foresee the approach of the bird.
I could see you
Reiterating the ability to see the bird approaching.
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