All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast
Journey of Desires: Exploring Nature's Mirror in Bill Callahan's Melody
Lyrics
The leafless tree looked like a brain
The leafless tree resembled a brain.
The birds within were all the thoughts and desires within me
The birds in the tree symbolize the thoughts and desires within the singer.
Hoppin' around from branch to branch, or snug in their nests listenin' in
The birds are either hopping around on branches or resting in nests, representing the dynamic nature of thoughts.
An eagle came over the horizon and shook the branches with its sight
An eagle appears and disrupts the tranquility, symbolizing a powerful force or realization.
The softer thoughts: starlings, finches, and wrens
The softer thoughts represented by starlings, finches, and wrens take flight, suggesting vulnerability.
The softer thoughts, they all took flight
Reiteration that the gentler thoughts have been disturbed and are in flight.
The eagle looked clear through the brain tree, emptying thoughts saved for me
The eagle sees through the singer's thoughts, emptying them and considering the tree as a potential home.
Maybe I'll make this one my home, consolidate the nests of the tiny
The singer contemplates consolidating the nests in the tree, possibly indicating a desire for unity or coherence in thoughts.
Raise a family of might like me
The intention to raise a family of strength, implying a desire for powerful and impactful thoughts.
Then something struck him, wings of bone
Suddenly, something affects the eagle, described as wings of bone, leading to a loss of sweet desires and soft thoughts.
Sweet desires and soft thoughts were all gone
The realization that the positive and gentle aspects of thoughts have disappeared.
The eagle shrieked, "I'm alone"
The eagle vocalizes its loneliness, expressing a sense of isolation resulting from the loss.
Well it was time to flee the tree
The decision to leave the tree, possibly indicating a departure from a disrupted mental state.
The eagle snuck up on the wind one talon at a time
The eagle stealthily leaves, emphasizing a gradual departure from the disrupted thoughts.
Being sky king of the sky, what did he have to fear
The eagle, as the king of the sky, questions why it should fear anything.
All thoughts are prey to some beast
A philosophical statement emphasizing that all thoughts are vulnerable to some external force or influence.
All thoughts are prey to some beast
Reiteration of the vulnerability of thoughts to external forces.
Sweet desire and soft thoughts, return to me
An appeal for the return of sweet desires and soft thoughts that have been lost.
Sweet desire and soft thoughts, return to me
A repetition of the plea for the return of positive and gentle thoughts.
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