Bluebirds Lyrics
i wanna buy them for my friends.
bluebirds are so dismal
and i want to trade mine in.
and i dont go out for cunts.
and i dont go out for months
without my barnes and nobles credit card.
i found a diamond in my gums.
cleaning out the kitchen
found a spoon that plays the drums.
i gave it up that day.
i'd never go that way
unless your daddy nailed me to the cross.
leaning out to everyone that hides.
breaking the chains on the things down low.
where it stops i dont know how that goes.
i want to buy them for my friends.
bluebirds are so dismal
and i want to trade mine in.
i gave them up that day.
i'd never go that way
unless your daddy nailed me to the cross.
your daddy nailed me to the cross.

Somehow this song reminds me of the slave trade...weird I know.
Stay cool

random. the lyrics. topics. i am not sure what the connection with bluebirds is but i would really like to know.

"i am not sure what the connection with bluebirds is"
Ditto.

i like bluebirds :)

i think its about hiding out and not wanting to deal with the world
just hiding in books and solitude and random activities and self examination

True... it's a huge metaphor for a kind of angst driven depression - bluebirds, dismal and suicide all point to this. But what did he give up?

I think this is about being underwhelmed and depressed with one's existence. If you look at everything with grandiose expectations, you're going to be dissappointed - which would explain the change of heart in the bluebirds verse. I guess to me it's about not being able to find something to genuinely want or care about.

Guys.. Bluebirds are the symbol for happiness worldwide. Now read the lyrics again. Makes more sense?
He want's to give his friends happiness.. And he can be sad until they are happy.

Bluebirds are oxy 30s (though more commonly referred to just as "blues"). He wants to buy them for his friends, but then they become so dismal he wants to trade them in. And he doesn't go out for months without his Barnes