Little Bird

i love this song. of course, the beauty of it is that i believe it's very open to personal interpretation...as are many good songs. i think it might be about a girl who undergoes a spiritual transformation. i feel like she's talking about this other girl as part of herself, or maybe a close friend, who undergoes something but comes out of it (kind of along the lines of what thatKid said or any kind of bad situation). i feel like it's about a part of herself because at the beginning of the song she says, "she's far away from me" (like a part of herself that was once happy) and at the and she says, "now WE are free" (she's reunited with her whole-self after encountering the crow).

as far as the crow, i believe he can be seen as something that represents the change or the death of the situation. because of this song, and because of the general vibe of the album, i looked up a bunch of things about the symbolism of the black crow. there are many different beliefs, but i found one that struck a chord with me. the link is below. the crow can be seen as the first step toward the freeing of one's soul.

http://www.crystalinks.com/birdsalchemy.html

because of finally freeing myself from a certain person (a tumultuous relationship that never ended properly...but now finally has), this song is therapeutic and special to me. love it!

I'm sorry this intro is so lame and vague, but I can't help it. I saw a very, VERY different writing of lyrics like last year or the year before, but I CANNOT find them now. I'm not saying they were accurate, but on God, they could've been.... strange of course-she wouldn't have it any other way! THE EMOTION AND DEPTH AND GRIT AND HEART AND SOULD AND LOVE AND REGRET AND FEAR AND HOPE AND..... EVERYTHING... I hear EVERY fucking emotion I've ever felt at the same time when she sings the second "Julaaa laaaaaaaaa" stanza at the end of the song! ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKINGLY FUCKING AWESOME. TY GOLDFRAPP!💗

amazing climax, i do think it is beautiful

I always swore the lyrics said

" she flies from bee to bee "

instead of

"she flies from A to B"

you know, like the birds and the bees? I always liked thinking thats what she was saying. and then she meets the crow.

A to B? not as great.

Such a beautifull song! ♥

This is a very pretty song, but I always thought this song was about a girl that was murdered and raped or something. it was always the "but mich to her surprise, he had to mouths for eyes" and the "now she is free"

Is that right? I'm not sure ><

"The crow was very pleased.." haha, so cool

Possibly the duo's most beautiful song. Allison sounds perfect!

I read somewhere that this could be about a vision of the Devil (that crow with "two mouths for eyes").

the song is about a lover/traveling companion who she was only with for a month (july) who then met a new traveling partner who could go more places and speak more languages. (atleast thats the story I hear)