I think the song is about the music industry (which is like a hospital full of dying kings and captains etc).
The butcher-bird metaphor represents most bands around, which are not singing but shouting, but they never hang around for long (they fly away).
I think the song is about the music industry (which is like a hospital full of dying kings and captains etc). The butcher-bird metaphor represents most bands around, which are not singing but shouting, but they never hang around for long (they fly away).
So it's a flying morgue
So it's a flying morgue