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Shearwater – Rooks Lyrics 17 years ago
The last verse references the poem "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. It begins:

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"

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The falcons in the song are not circling, but they are a sign of the end of days.

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