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Marillion – Grendel Lyrics 14 years ago
Interveiw's at the time said this is exactly where the song came from, reading Gardner's book.

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Marillion – Childhoods End? Lyrics 14 years ago
The Magpie denotes happiness. The lyric refers to an old UK poem called "A poem for counting Magpies". "One is for laughter, to is for joy, Three is for girls, four is for boys". It means, in this song, that the author has gone through all manner of pain and hell, he sees happiness coming into his life.

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