The Wading Bird
Freeing Chains: A Melodic Reflection on Nature's Dance
Lyrics
The wading bird is circling around
The wading bird symbolically observes or monitors us by circling around each night.
Each night to check on us
The bird checks on us to see what's new and what we have discovered.
What's new - what we found
Suggests a curiosity about our experiences and findings.
Sound like a frog
Describes a sound resembling a frog, possibly highlighting the diversity of sounds in the environment.
Sometimes like a bat
Highlights the variability of the bird's sound, sometimes resembling a bat.
It can be hard to choose between a cap and hat
Suggests the difficulty in making choices, using a cap and hat as metaphors for decisions.
What do you do?
Rhetorical question asking about one's actions.
Why do I care?
Questioning the importance of one's concern or involvement.
All you ever do is set me free
Expresses a sense of liberation, where actions set the speaker free.
Makes me feel at peace with you and me
Indicates a feeling of peace resulting from the actions mentioned in line 10.
Pick up your chainsaw
Instructs to pick up a chainsaw, possibly metaphorical for taking control or making changes.
Acting like a fool
Describes someone acting foolishly, possibly in the process of making changes.
Taking those trees down
Refers to the action of cutting down trees with a chainsaw.
You're the power to my tools
Suggests a person's influence or power over tools, possibly symbolic of control.
Purple and yellow
Describes colors (purple, yellow, orange, green), possibly representing diversity or variety.
Orange and green
Continuation of the color imagery, suggesting a vibrant environment.
All that might flourish
Refers to the potential for growth and prosperity.
But the corn is still lean
Contrasts the potential for growth with the reality of lean corn, possibly symbolizing unfulfilled expectations.
What do you do?
Rhetorical question repeating the one in line 8, emphasizing the theme of questioning actions.
Why do I care?
Repeats the question from line 9, continuing the theme of questioning involvement.
All you ever do is set me free
Reiteration of the liberating effect mentioned in line 10.
Makes me feel at peace with you and me
Reiteration of the sense of peace mentioned in line 11.
All you ever do is set me free
Reiteration of the liberating effect mentioned in line 10.
Makes me feel at peace with you and me
Reiteration of the sense of peace mentioned in line 11.
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