Lyric discussion by Alex22 

Cover art for Feathers lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

First two lines:

This dreams made it's mark on memory As everybody knows it's what we do

Lol that's all I have. What he said exactly is that birds are a metaphor for women, not in general but a certain one in his life (guessing in his life because he says certain women have wronged him). Because like a pidgeon who collects dirt in their feathers, they/she collects lies in her 'feathers'.