I'm not sure how accurate this is concerning the last line in the song.
I loved thinking it was something as light-hearted as just a bird hanging around, I pictured a women sitting on a beached area, reflecting, and then the bird bothering her, and her having to move.
BUT- I seriously doubt Kevin would do that- so- I dug a little deeper and this is what I found.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tells the story of a ship departing and accidently routing off course and ending up in Antarctica. The crew spots an Albatross and follows it out of the area, effectively saving them. Then, one of the mariners shoots the bird, killing it. The crew, thinking the bird brought the wind that saved them, grow angry at the Mariner for killing it, but that subsides when the ship lands in calmed waters. Once in THESE waters, though, the crew blames the Mariner for their thirst, and in punishment make him wear the albatross around his neck (illustrating the burden he must live with for killing it). Soon after, for the next week, many of the crew members die.
The poem goes on, but it kind of loses some of its merit with the rest of the story. I think this section of the poem relates VERY well to the story being told in the song, especially if it is about his aunt who stayed too long in a bad relationship. The albatross would represent the guilt she might feel for leaving him or "killing" the relationship (thus, having to "shake" the albatross- IE getting away from it).
I'm not sure how accurate this is concerning the last line in the song. I loved thinking it was something as light-hearted as just a bird hanging around, I pictured a women sitting on a beached area, reflecting, and then the bird bothering her, and her having to move.
BUT- I seriously doubt Kevin would do that- so- I dug a little deeper and this is what I found.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tells the story of a ship departing and accidently routing off course and ending up in Antarctica. The crew spots an Albatross and follows it out of the area, effectively saving them. Then, one of the mariners shoots the bird, killing it. The crew, thinking the bird brought the wind that saved them, grow angry at the Mariner for killing it, but that subsides when the ship lands in calmed waters. Once in THESE waters, though, the crew blames the Mariner for their thirst, and in punishment make him wear the albatross around his neck (illustrating the burden he must live with for killing it). Soon after, for the next week, many of the crew members die.
The poem goes on, but it kind of loses some of its merit with the rest of the story. I think this section of the poem relates VERY well to the story being told in the song, especially if it is about his aunt who stayed too long in a bad relationship. The albatross would represent the guilt she might feel for leaving him or "killing" the relationship (thus, having to "shake" the albatross- IE getting away from it).
eh. Just a thought.