the first verse is about those birds that lay their egg in other birds' nests. And their egg hatches first among the other bird's eggs, and destroys them prematurely.
But one of them survives.
Not sure about the second verse exactly. But the person who wakes up and seems to be surrounded by these "iron" birds.
And the last little bit, I suppose suggesting "we" are/have been the iron birds.
the first verse is about those birds that lay their egg in other birds' nests. And their egg hatches first among the other bird's eggs, and destroys them prematurely. But one of them survives.
Not sure about the second verse exactly. But the person who wakes up and seems to be surrounded by these "iron" birds.
And the last little bit, I suppose suggesting "we" are/have been the iron birds.
Just an interpretation I suppose.