Jeff Tweedy

A Robin or a Wren

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At the last, last call
When it's time for us all
To say goodbye
I know I'm gonna cry
Know I'm gonna cry

Because all in all
I'm just having a ball
Being alive
And I don't want to die
I don't wanna die

At the end of the end
Of this beautiful dream we're in
I'll wake up again
A robin or a wren
And then I'll sit
Outside your window
I'll sing a song you'll recognize
And you won't know why
You won't know why

And then a teardrop will fall
Into the corner of the smile
On your face
And I'll be alive
I'll be alive
I'll be alive
I'll be alive
I'll be alive
I'll be alive

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by karl111712

5y ago

This song, to me, represents the rebirth through reincarnation. The passing of a person at the "Last call". Then, awaking as a bird outside the the window of a loved one singing a song that only the person would recognize as coming from their recently departed, which upon initially hearing the tune, can't place it. Then the recognition of the tune sung bringing a tear of joy to them in remembrance of the their friend, and finally, as that person is remembered, the person still lives as long as their memory is in the heart of the one listening to the bird.

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