"Was it you who stole the wedding ring?" - There was no marriage involved.
"and the boys who have no name" - No father present = no surname
Basically, the magpie tells the troubled child who does not have a father, to get over it. "You can run on, run along, alone or home between the knees of her" - You can either go with the flow of live and get over it, or you can cower back to the safety of the single parent and live life as a cowardly nameless boy.
My interpretation is probably not even half right.. But I don't care. That is what this song means to me.
I think this song speaks of birth out of wedlock.
"Was it you who stole the wedding ring?" - There was no marriage involved.
"and the boys who have no name" - No father present = no surname
Basically, the magpie tells the troubled child who does not have a father, to get over it. "You can run on, run along, alone or home between the knees of her" - You can either go with the flow of live and get over it, or you can cower back to the safety of the single parent and live life as a cowardly nameless boy.
My interpretation is probably not even half right.. But I don't care. That is what this song means to me.