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Bivouac Lyrics
I dug my fingers in the earth.
I drew you pictures of my pain.
They were so pretty.
They were so vain.
Put your hands in the water.
Let it touch you everywhere.
Boat of my father.
Cut from my mother.
Father.
I'm lonely.
I'm an only.
I learned to put on airs.
I needed them to breathe.
Today I wake up, tell myself this is me.
Now this is home.
But the property's on loan.
So much for letting go.
I'm picking up the phone.
Bivouac.
I drew you pictures of my pain.
They were so pretty.
They were so vain.
Put your hands in the water.
Let it touch you everywhere.
Boat of my father.
Cut from my mother.
Father.
I'm lonely.
I'm an only.
I learned to put on airs.
I needed them to breathe.
Today I wake up, tell myself this is me.
Now this is home.
But the property's on loan.
So much for letting go.
I'm picking up the phone.
Bivouac.
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I think this has to be one of Blake's most meaningful songs. You really have to go through some serious shit to write these lyrics.
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The song is about coping, but it's also about his career choice.
I think the clips about the bivouac are somehow symbolic. It's talking about the ants have no real homes and build shelters out of their own bodies. I think in a way that somehow relates to being a musician and life on the road. Or maybe how Blake himself feels how he doesn't really belong anywhere.
Wikipedia explains ant bivouacs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivouac_(ants)