Crows
Echoes of Departure: Unraveling Life's Small World
Lyrics
Smoke flourishes slowly
Smoke rises slowly
From buildings of grey making noise
Gray buildings create noise
Across the canal I see
Observing across the canal
A man pulling ropes to tie up a swing
A man tying up a swing with ropes
Why, where did you go?
Questioning someone's disappearance
I drove all over town
Searching all over town
I made it out the snow globe
Escaping a confined perspective (snow globe)
Became a fly buzzing around
Transforming into a buzzing fly
My wings clap hysterically
Fluttering wings with excitement
I miss ever being inside
Longing for the experience of being inside
Even if the world is small
Even in a small world, the sense of presence is missed
You made it seem so large
Someone made the world seem vast
And now, you are gone
Expressing the absence of someone
And the silence you bring
The silence emphasizes the truth in the saying
Makes it seem true, what they say
Implying the concept of dying multiple times
That you die more than once
Reflecting on the profound impact of loss
Looking at the sidewalk
Contemplating life while looking at the sidewalk
Writing the bible in your head
Mentally composing thoughts, akin to writing a personal scripture
But who are you to complain?
Challenging someone's right to complain
You're young and you're thin and you're clean
Describing a young, thin, and clean individual
Go on, you howling dog
Encouraging a howling dog to continue
Go on, you rotten rat
Encouraging a rotten rat to persist
And now, you are gone
Reiterating the absence of someone
And the silence you bring
The silence intensifies the sense of loss
You're digging holes for yourself
Digging metaphorical holes without the strength to make them graves
But they're not graves, you're not that strong
Recognizing limitations and vulnerability
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