Four Black Sheep
Four Black Sheep: Journey through the Night Sky
Lyrics
Get in the car we’re late for the gig
Expressing urgency to attend a gig but cautioning against speeding due to snow.
But don’t go too fast it’s been snowin’ since 10 am
Warning about snowy conditions since 10 am.
We never will be this free again
Emphasizing a unique freedom in the current moment.
Just over the bridge, crossin’ the Gatineau
Referring to crossing the Gatineau, indicating a journey.
To the side that I know where the light becomes strange
Describing a place with strange light, possibly symbolic.
And we’ll never be this free again.
Reiterating the transient nature of freedom in the moment.
On our way home singin’ the songs that we learned on our mother’s knee
Singing songs learned from mothers, implying familial influence.
Four black sheep in need
Describing a group of four individuals as "black sheep in need."
Tryin’ or cryin’ to be free.
Struggling or expressing emotions to attain freedom.
Jesse’s been drinkin’ again and again he won’t believe, he can’t believe
Noting Jesse's drinking habit and skepticism despite transparency.
We can see right through his soul.
Seeing through Jesse's soul, suggesting understanding his true self.
Mom and Dad are on their way, they know these roads
Parents aware of the roads, symbolizing experience.
They’ve been travelling a lonely life.
Highlighting the loneliness of their parents' lives.
Black sheep they too were born in the night.
Comparing themselves to black sheep born in the night, signifying uniqueness.
And we’ll meet at the lodge to suck on life as we look up at the sky that we don’t feel the same.
Meeting at the lodge, experiencing life differently while looking at the same sky.
And we’ll never be this free again.
Reiterating the fleeting nature of freedom in this moment.
May walked away in the snow sayin’ she was through.
May leaving in the snow, expressing a sense of finality.
And Frere Jacques would never want to ring the bell to tell us all
Frere Jacques not wanting to announce what they already knew.
We already knew
Recognizing an unspoken truth in the freezing night.
That out there in the freezing night we will not be all right
Suggesting that things won't be okay in the freezing night.
Four black sheep travelin’ different speeds
Four black sheep traveling at different speeds, symbolizing divergence.
Angry at the world
Describing the four as angry at the world, losing their way in the cold blue snow.
Losing their way in the cold blue snow.
Red on black on white it glowed.
Describing a visual of red on black on white in the night.
We will never feel that free again.
Repeating the idea that they will never feel that free again.
We will never feel that free again.
Reiterating the loss of freedom.
After the show back on the road to Montreal
Heading back to Montreal after a show with vivid imagery of diamonds and snow.
There were diamonds piercin’ our eyes
Describing the captivating scene after the show.
And the snow pilin’ up on either side.
Depicting the snow piling up on either side.
Jesse took the wheel, there was an appeal to stop the ride
Jesse taking the wheel, with a plea to stop the ride.
but we were just four black sheep in the night.
Emphasizing the group as four black sheep in the night.
Tryin’ to hold on for our lives.
Struggling to hold on for their lives.
We never made it home, spinnin’ out on the road
Not making it home, spinning out on the road.
We took to the sky where we were finally free for the last time.
Taking to the sky where they feel free for the last time.
Flyin’ high at the end of our lives.
Flying high at the end of their lives.
Four black sheep deep in the white light
Four black sheep deep in the white light, repeating the imagery.
Red on black on white in the night
Repeating the visual of red on black on white in the night.
I said red on black on white in the night
I said red on black on white in the night
-Red on black on white in the night
-Red on black on white in the night…
Repeating the visual imagery of red on black on white in the night.
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