I think the name 'cripple crow' suggest a crow that can't fly. Something that could once do something great, but has since gotten that gift taken away from them.
So, in a sense, the native american people themselves are the cripple crow.
The song, then, is about how the settlers pushed them back over and over. Forcing them into smaller and smaller plots of land. MAking treaties and breaking them (all your gifts and all your peace is deceiving)
(were do we go once we start leaving) is like... what now? Devendra is asking what there is left to do now that their old way of life is essentially completely destroyed. I Agree that its about Peace... but i also thing its hinting at pacifism alone doesn't solve all problems because its openly admitting that it didn't really work.
I would definatly say the native americans.
I think the name 'cripple crow' suggest a crow that can't fly. Something that could once do something great, but has since gotten that gift taken away from them.
So, in a sense, the native american people themselves are the cripple crow.
The song, then, is about how the settlers pushed them back over and over. Forcing them into smaller and smaller plots of land. MAking treaties and breaking them (all your gifts and all your peace is deceiving)
(were do we go once we start leaving) is like... what now? Devendra is asking what there is left to do now that their old way of life is essentially completely destroyed. I Agree that its about Peace... but i also thing its hinting at pacifism alone doesn't solve all problems because its openly admitting that it didn't really work.