@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
As far as I can tell
I'm nothing like a princess
but today I find myself
curling up behind the house
There's nothing in the air today
now I know I'm not so important
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
I don't have a hawk in my heart
no dumbass dove in my brain
I don't have a hawk in my heart
no dumbass dove in my dumbass brain
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
I don't have a hawk in my heart
no I don't have a hawk in my heart
no I don't have a hawk in...
I'm nothing like a princess
but today I find myself
curling up behind the house
There's nothing in the air today
now I know I'm not so important
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
I don't have a hawk in my heart
no dumbass dove in my brain
I don't have a hawk in my heart
no dumbass dove in my dumbass brain
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
Take these girly arms
and ever keep me
I don't have a hawk in my heart
no I don't have a hawk in my heart
no I don't have a hawk in...
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Thirsty Lyrics as written by Matthew Berninger Bryce Dessner
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I consider this to be about searching for self-identity. He's lost hold of who he thought he was - he didn't think he was a "princess" but he's having a breakdown anyway. So he asks his partner to hold onto him anyway. The Hawk/Dove to me is about trying to understand yourself - am I an aggressive person? Am I a bleeding heart? Reactionary? Progressive?
About given false self-confidence. He has been fed this idea of him beeing almost almighty and now it all has come crumbling down. Regretting his foolishness. He is realizing that and wants a little reassurance. Somebody to lean on for a while.
I think this song is about depression/low self-esteem. He is curled up behind the house, thinking about how he's "not so important". And I agree with SuperSista, that he wants somebody to lean on for a while, because he's feeling weak and "girly".
I took the hawk in the heart to mean a war hawk, and a dove in the brain to symbolize peace. There's parallelism there. I think he's saying, again, that he's not strong or ready to fight, at least not at this point.
The title of the song intrigues me...Perhaps he is just thirsty for some meaning or semblance in his life, or for strength? Hmm.
@emyelhsa Hello, You wrote this comment 7 years ago :) In think that the title "Thirsty" is connected to another song on the album. In the song called "Available" (which is right behind 'Thirsty') There is a question "Did you liquor me up?".
I think this is maybe about the need to still be wanted by someone despite you not being a great person.
"I don't have a hawk in my heart" hawks sybolize nobility and he is saying he isnt a noble person.
"no dumbass dove in my brain" possibly he does not have peace of mind or it could also mean that he dosent have the good principles and morals, meaning the dove is refered to in a more christian sense.
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I think this song is about addiction to alcohol.
In the first stanza, he says he has no excuse to be locked in his house. He is no princess locked in a high tower. He does it to himself - rather his addiction forces him to stay inside in order to keep it private.
In the third stanza, he expresses his powerlessness to the strength of his addiction. He is girly compared to it. He wants someone to help him defeat his addiction, but since he is locked in his house, no help arrives.
In the final part, he illustrates his internal conflict. There is no hawk in his heart. He is not brave enough to fight. It is easier to stay the way he is. But he is not entirely at peace either. There is no dove in his brain. He is both aggressive and passive at the same time. These feelings overpower him to the point that he can do nothing.
In the end, he gives up the fight: "I don't have a hawk in my heart...."
I found myself humming this song today again and again