| Lisa Hannigan – Little Bird Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song makes me cry everytime I hear it. Obviously, it's about a breakup (specifically Hannigan's with Damien Rice). "Your heart sings like a kettle And your words, they boil away like steam." The man she loves is very emotional and erratic, and his volatile emotions are obvious - therefore it's hard to take anything he says seriously. "And a lie burns long while the truth bites quick, A heart is built for both it seems." No matter how long the lies the lies in the relationship have been perpetuating, once the truth is faced both parties are snapped back into reality. And as much as the heart wants to believe the delusion and deny the truth, once it accepts it, in time the heart can survive. "You are lonely as a church, Despite the queuing out your door." Echoing another commenter, the subject believes that no matter how many women the man tries to assuage himself with, he's broken and lonely inside. "When the time comes, And rights have been read, I think of you often But for once I meant what I said." In an interview, Rice once said Hannigan's last words to him were that they were better off alone. This may be what she meant. After all is said and done, what remains is that although she clearly loves him, she stands firm in her resolve to let him go. "I was salted by your hunger, Now you've gone and lost your appetite" She was drawn in by his charm and need to be loved - but ultimately she realizes she was used, and abandoned as soon as he was tired of her. "And a little bird is every bit as handy in a fight. I am lonely as a memory Despite the gathering round the fire. Aren't you every bird on every wire?" Ultimately, the subject has to let him go because he doesn't want to be shackled by the responsibility of a relationship. "Here I stay, I lay me down, I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill. Here I stay, I lay me down, In a house by the Hill. I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill. I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill. I'm dug from the rubble, and cut from the kill." Not sure about this part - anyone have any ideas? |
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