Angels in the Wilderness
Navigating Love's Wilderness: Unveiling Cowboy Junkies' Poetic Journey
Lyrics
Are there angels in the wilderness? I don't know
Uncertainty about the existence of angels in the wilderness.
I've got my doubts, but if you say so
Expressing doubt but open to someone else's perspective.
But I've got a feeling we're doing ok
Positive feeling about the current situation.
We're doing our part, to make the brambles seem less sharp
Contributing to improving a challenging environment.
When you ask for bread, will I give you stone?
Questioning one's own generosity or sincerity.
Will I make you confess it, or leave it alone?
Contemplating whether to force a confession or let things be.
If it consoles you will I take it away?
Considering removing something for the comfort of another.
Hold my hand Help me to understand
Seeking support and understanding from someone else.
You break my heart again and again
Experiencing repeated emotional pain.
I'll never get use to that sensation
Expressing difficulty in getting accustomed to heartbreak.
All those locusts just trying to get out
Metaphorically referring to challenges as locusts.
Devouring with tiny bites, all that lies in site
Symbolizing the gradual destruction caused by challenges.
Fly forgotten like a prayer
Comparing being forgotten to a prayer.
Fly forgotten like a dream
Equating being forgotten to a dream.
Fly forbidden Fly unseen
Describing a desire to fly unnoticed and forbidden.
Fly, fly, fly away from me
Expressing a wish for distance or separation.
Are there angels in the wilderness? I don't know
Repeating uncertainty about the presence of angels in the wilderness.
But I will give you my love and watch the bitterness grow
Committing to love despite the growth of bitterness.
And then will I take it and hide it away?
Considering hiding love away.
And wait on the day when the balance tips your way
Awaiting a future moment of balance or resolution.
Fly forgotten like a prayer
Reiterating the desire to be forgotten, like a prayer.
Fly forgotten like a dream
Reiterating the desire to be forgotten, like a dream.
Fly forbidden Fly unseen
Expressing the longing to fly unseen and forbidden.
Fly, fly, fly away from me
Repeating the desire to fly away from someone.
Are there angels in the wilderness?
Repeating the initial uncertainty about angels in the wilderness.
I don't know
Reiterating uncertainty about the presence of angels.
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