| Neil Young – Broken Arrow Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| I think the second verse is about one brother being drafted and sent to Vietnam while the other brother was part of the peace movement which also involved drugs. Hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall could be about acid but also about not wanting to see the horrors of war. Could you tell that the empty quivered brown skin Indian on the bank that was crowded and narrow held a broken arrow is the key to the song. The last arrow taken from the quiver was broken. Signal of peace. End to the war. The Native people were slaughtered by "Americans" The history of war and death being called the American dream. The river bank is crowded and narrow. Americans have taken over all the land and leave nothing for the original people. This song, to me, is as important now as it was then. It runs through my memory often. Maybe one day we will come together and put an end to the fighting. | |
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