Jackson Browne: The Birds Of St Marks Meaning

Tagged: No tags, suggest one.

Album cover for The Birds Of St Marks album cover

The Birds Of St Marks Lyrics

Oh how sadly sound the songs the queen must sing of dying
A prisoner upon her throne of melancholy sighing
If she could see her mirror now
She would be free of those who bow and
Scrape the ground before her feet

Silently she walks among...

Write an interpretation

anonymous
1

2

3

4

5

click a star to vote
Apr 27th 2021 !⃝
I feel that the song is about a story as old as time. The ‘queen’ is a lonely figure who, because of her stubbornness, is maintaining her ‘walls’ against finding happiness with the person in the song. He has tried all he can to get through to her after a long and, initially, sweet courtship. Now something has been said, his ‘weary secrets’, and she has taken it out of context or has gotten the wrong meaning, maybe he has shared too much with her, his ‘empty pockets’ not money, but his honesty. If she could only unwind the many ‘crossed entangling Misunderstandings’ , things he has said that maybe he didn’t mean, she would see that he truly loves her and, if she put aside her fears and allow him to break down those walls they could be happy. He cannot see how to do that anymore and, regretfully, has to ‘call back’ his ‘birds’ that he sent to her.. or his feelings, his efforts, his love. It’s breaking his heart yet he cannot do anything about it. She remains behind her walls, forever, and he flies away.

More Jackson Browne songs »

Latest Articles

Submit Your Interpretation

Jackson Browne Songs

Just Posted

Rock Show	anonymous
Don't Go	anonymous
Tek It	anonymous
Taking Over Me	anonymous
All The Good Girls Go To Hell	anonymous
Wingriddenangel	anonymous
I Spoke to The Devil in Miami	anonymous
This Woman's Work	anonymous
Action! Not Words	anonymous
Everybody Loves Me, Baby	anonymous
Fall in to Sleep	anonymous
Lemon Boy	anonymous
Drama Club	anonymous
Gravity	anonymous
Our First Time	anonymous