Wings Lyrics

Lyric discussion by amherest 

Cover art for Wings lyrics by Josh Ritter

I think this song is about the trail of tears. They leave the reservation and talk about 'this guided cage' and 'the land is to change forever change.' Not to mention the main chorus about wings. I'm not sure but someone mentioned this and I think it fits.

It's not about the trail of tears. All of the locations in the song are in North Idaho, Josh's home state. It's about environmental exploitation and historical abuse of the Native Americans and a lot of other things set in a very dreamy landscape.