Iron and Wine: Bird Stealing Bread Meaning
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Bird Stealing Bread Lyrics
tell me, baby, tell me
are you still on the stoop
watching the windows close?
i've not seen you lately
on the street by the beach
or places we used to go
i've a picture of you
on our favorite day
by the...
are you still on the stoop
watching the windows close?
i've not seen you lately
on the street by the beach
or places we used to go
i've a picture of you
on our favorite day
by the...
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anonymous Dec 31st, 12:16pm report
There are dozens of interpretations of this song online, e.g., it's a big brother singing to his sister; a man or woman singing to their ex-lover.
Here's what I've always thought: It's a sad parent, singing about their dead child. -
anonymous Jun 21st, 2016 6:00am report
It sounds to me like a song addressed to a wife who has died, remembering the young son they had also lost who she has rejoined. It's about the saddest thing I've heard and I really hope Sam Beam hasn't lived it.
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