Black Crow
Flight of Liberation: A Black Crow's Journey through Love and Music
Lyrics
There's a crow flying
Introduction of a crow in flight.
Dark and ragged
Descriptive details of the crow's appearance.
Tree to tree
Emphasizing the crow's movement from tree to tree.
He's black as the highway that's leading me
Comparing the crow's black color to the highway.
Now he's diving down
The crow is descending to retrieve something shiny.
To pick up on something shiny
Highlighting the crow's attraction to shiny objects.
I feel like that black crow
Personal identification with the black crow.
Flying
Reiteration of the crow's flight.
In a blue sky
Imagery of the crow flying in a blue sky.
I took a ferry to the highway
Travel narrative involving a ferry, highway, pontoon plane, taxi, and train.
Then I drove to a pontoon plane
Specific mention of the journey's modes of transportation.
I took a plane to a taxi
Continuation of the travel sequence.
And a taxi to a train
Extended description of the extensive travels.
I've been traveling so long
Expressing the fatigue from prolonged travel.
How am I ever going to know my home
Rhetorical question about recognizing home after extended travel.
When I see it again
Doubt about recognizing home upon returning.
I'm like a black crow flying
Reiteration of personal identification with the black crow.
In a blue, blue sky
Imagery of the crow flying in a blue sky reemphasized.
In search of love and music
Expressing a lifelong quest for love and music.
My whole life has been
Reflection on a life filled with illumination.
Illumination
Positive aspect of life contrasted with corruption.
Corruption
Repetition of the diving action and attraction to shiny things.
Diving, diving, diving
Continued emphasis on the diving action.
Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing
Repetition of the crow's behavior mirroring the speaker's.
Just like that black crow flying
Restating personal identification with the black crow.
In a blue sky
Reiteration of the crow flying in a blue sky.
I looked at the morning
Shifting the focus to the morning after a sleepless night.
After being up all night
Personal observation of physical exhaustion in the morning.
I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light
Reflection on appearance under bathroom light.
I looked out the window
Looking out the window and witnessing a soul's flight.
And I saw that ragged soul take flight
Observation of a ragged soul taking flight.
I saw a back crow flying
Reiteration of personal identification with the black crow.
In a blue sky
Restating the imagery of the crow flying in a blue sky.
Oh, I'm like a black crow flying
Final affirmation of personal identification with the black crow.
In a blue sky
Closing statement reiterating the crow's flight in a blue sky.
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