In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I was talking to a bird in the middle of the road
It was crying blood into my hands
I’m talking to this bird
I don’t think you’ve got no troubles
Hey small, Little broken bird
He looks like the smile of a girl I once knew
Bird smile tricks hidden in the cheeks
And sparkle in the eyes
And sparkle in the "cheeks" same thing
Little broken bird
So sing me something like
The birds used to do, please
When they swim into the wind blow
A whisper or something, but blow blow blow blow
Broken bird, broken bird
Blow blow blow broken bird
Blow blow blow broken bird
I recognize you everywhere you go
I was talking to a bird in the middle of the road
The tears go stronger, like red snow in the eyes
And the feathers are red and nobody in the eyes
Come back to me little bird
I keep talking to a bird in the middle of the road
I put it on my pocket inside of my jacket
Put it on my pocket inside of my jacket
I keep on walking’ on the road
Broken bird in the middle of the road
Broken bird in the middle of the road
And the rain when I ask myself
"What’s happened to this little broken bird?"
And I feel something strange under my shoes
When I look at this strange shoe’s thing
I found a broken egg full of blood
Cut feathers stuck on my foot
There’s a broken bird in the middle of the road
There’s a broken bird in the middle of the road
Inside of my pocket into my jacket
Inside of my pocket into my jacket
There’s a broken bird
There’s a broken bird under my shoes
There’s a broken bird under my shoes
Yeah, broken bird
Broken bird
There’s a broken bird under my shoes
There’s a broken bird in the middle of the road
It was crying blood into my hands
I’m talking to this bird
I don’t think you’ve got no troubles
Hey small, Little broken bird
He looks like the smile of a girl I once knew
Bird smile tricks hidden in the cheeks
And sparkle in the eyes
And sparkle in the "cheeks" same thing
Little broken bird
So sing me something like
The birds used to do, please
When they swim into the wind blow
A whisper or something, but blow blow blow blow
Broken bird, broken bird
Blow blow blow broken bird
Blow blow blow broken bird
I recognize you everywhere you go
I was talking to a bird in the middle of the road
The tears go stronger, like red snow in the eyes
And the feathers are red and nobody in the eyes
Come back to me little bird
I keep talking to a bird in the middle of the road
I put it on my pocket inside of my jacket
Put it on my pocket inside of my jacket
I keep on walking’ on the road
Broken bird in the middle of the road
Broken bird in the middle of the road
And the rain when I ask myself
"What’s happened to this little broken bird?"
And I feel something strange under my shoes
When I look at this strange shoe’s thing
I found a broken egg full of blood
Cut feathers stuck on my foot
There’s a broken bird in the middle of the road
There’s a broken bird in the middle of the road
Inside of my pocket into my jacket
Inside of my pocket into my jacket
There’s a broken bird
There’s a broken bird under my shoes
There’s a broken bird under my shoes
Yeah, broken bird
Broken bird
There’s a broken bird under my shoes
There’s a broken bird in the middle of the road
Lyrics submitted by xMusicsmylifex
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