i love this song. of course, the beauty of it is that i believe it's very open to personal interpretation...as are many good songs. i think it might be about a girl who undergoes a spiritual transformation. i feel like she's talking about this other girl as part of herself, or maybe a close friend, who undergoes something but comes out of it (kind of along the lines of what thatKid said or any kind of bad situation). i feel like it's about a part of herself because at the beginning of the song she says, "she's far away from me" (like a part of herself that was once happy) and at the and she says, "now WE are free" (she's reunited with her whole-self after encountering the crow).
as far as the crow, i believe he can be seen as something that represents the change or the death of the situation. because of this song, and because of the general vibe of the album, i looked up a bunch of things about the symbolism of the black crow. there are many different beliefs, but i found one that struck a chord with me. the link is below. the crow can be seen as the first step toward the freeing of one's soul.
because of finally freeing myself from a certain person (a tumultuous relationship that never ended properly...but now finally has), this song is therapeutic and special to me. love it!
i love this song. of course, the beauty of it is that i believe it's very open to personal interpretation...as are many good songs. i think it might be about a girl who undergoes a spiritual transformation. i feel like she's talking about this other girl as part of herself, or maybe a close friend, who undergoes something but comes out of it (kind of along the lines of what thatKid said or any kind of bad situation). i feel like it's about a part of herself because at the beginning of the song she says, "she's far away from me" (like a part of herself that was once happy) and at the and she says, "now WE are free" (she's reunited with her whole-self after encountering the crow).
as far as the crow, i believe he can be seen as something that represents the change or the death of the situation. because of this song, and because of the general vibe of the album, i looked up a bunch of things about the symbolism of the black crow. there are many different beliefs, but i found one that struck a chord with me. the link is below. the crow can be seen as the first step toward the freeing of one's soul.
http://www.crystalinks.com/birdsalchemy.html
because of finally freeing myself from a certain person (a tumultuous relationship that never ended properly...but now finally has), this song is therapeutic and special to me. love it!
Woah I thought the exact same thing!
Woah I thought the exact same thing!