This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
In the delta sun, down in Arkansas
It’s the great god bird with its altar call
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
On the great bayou where they saw it fall
It’s the great god bird down in Arkansas
And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall
And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed
It’s the great god bird through it all
And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall
And paradise might laugh when at last it falls
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
And it’s the great god bird with its altar call
Yes, it’s the great god bird with its altar call
Yes, it’s the great god bird through it all
It’s the great god bird with its altar call
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
On the great bayou where they saw it fall
It’s the great god bird down in Arkansas
And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall
And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed
It’s the great god bird through it all
And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall
And paradise might laugh when at last it falls
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
And it’s the great god bird with its altar call
Yes, it’s the great god bird with its altar call
Yes, it’s the great god bird through it all
Lyrics submitted by NotCoolZeus, edited by meaning600
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The "Lord God Bird" is God. We, as humans, are the sewing machines "industrial gods" "And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed" I take this to mean that for the people who hunt and fish for other beliefs other than that of God, "paradise" or heaven, is closed to them because of this flaw.
"Yes it's the great God bird through it all"
What's are you all's thoughts on this interpretation?