Constellation Blues
Echoes of Battle and Birth: Constellation Blues Unveiled
Lyrics
Anything we should know about your change?
Reference to a personal change, seeking information about it.
You can tell a few things about the soul of a town
Observation that reveals the essence of a town through its history.
From the blood of the men gone in the ground
Recognition of the town's history through the sacrifices of men buried in the ground.
Bankrupt and buried by war that is carried out
Connection between bankruptcy and war, impacting the town's fate.
By messengers now
War is now carried out by messengers, suggesting a shift in warfare.
Was born here and married too young staring
Born and married too young, facing challenges with a metaphorical barrel pointed down.
The nose of the barrel down
Metaphor of facing danger with the nose of the barrel down.
Went milk to whiskey to the courthouse sitting
Transformation from milk to whiskey, symbolizing life's changes, facing the courthouse while stoned in a wedding gown.
With her stoned in her wedding gown
A blend of personal and societal struggles, captured in a courthouse setting.
My birthday's in two months and I'll be twenty one
A personal reflection on the upcoming twenty-first birthday in two months.
I am the second oldest to an only son
Being the second oldest with an only son, hinting at family dynamics.
Third generation to carry a gun
Belonging to the third generation carrying a gun, suggesting a history of conflict or military service.
I've got brown eyes like my mother does
Physical resemblance to the mother with brown eyes.
First I saw blood was in a soldier's hair
First encounter with blood in a soldier's hair, a traumatic experience.
Drying to his forehead in the dessert air
Describing a soldier in a desert setting, recalling a specific moment.
I knew his name once but his face I don't dare
Loss of memory about the soldier's face, emphasizing the impact of the experience.
Recall in the moments I go back there
Reflection on moments and the difficulty of revisiting traumatic memories.
Off the record do you see my tears
Pain and sorrow expressed off the record, tears visible on the face and in the ears.
On my face and in my ears
Reference to the reappearance of silos, possibly symbolic of past pain or conflict.
As the silos reappear
Reflection on journeys leading back to familiar, possibly challenging, places.
And all of our journeys have led us right back here
Summarizing life's journeys and their return to a specific point.
There's something in the water we've been passing around
Something shared among people, possibly experiences or burdens, symbolized by water.
We've eaten the berries there is no doubt
Consuming the berries, suggesting shared experiences and consequences.
Like our father before us in his paper crown
Reference to a father with a paper crown, indicating a certain authority but nowhere to rule.
Kings of nowhere that was ever found
Being kings of nowhere, a reflection on a lack of direction or purpose.
The angels that used to be guarding our beds
Angels abandoning their protective role, leaving people vulnerable.
Have all wandered off and left us instead
The vulnerability of people left to defend themselves, possibly in difficult circumstances.
Too strung out and much too sick to defend
Struggles with addiction or sickness, making defense challenging.
Laying in the bathwater all lit up again
Metaphorical imagery of being in bathwater while lit up again, suggesting a repeated cycle of challenges.
It's not a rumor it's more than true
Confirmation that a statement is more than a rumor, emphasizing its truth.
There's nothing I wouldn't do
A declaration of willingness to do anything, expressing deep commitment.
Be somewhere with only you
Desire to be somewhere specific with someone special.
Share a little of these constellation blues
Expressing a shared sense of sorrow or melancholy, represented by constellation blues.
When it comes to my death let it be slow
Wishing for a slow death and a connection to nature through being hunted in familiar hills.
May I be hunted in the hills I know
Expressing readiness for death and a connection to the divine.
Let God be certain I was ready to go
Final affirmation of preparedness for death and surrender to a higher power.
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