This song is about someone who had a lasting influence on Conor's decision to pursue music. If you look at the last line of each of the first two stanzas you see some foreshadowing in Conor's lyrical focus. "You said you weren't afraid to die" foreshadows his focus on ephemeral themes. When his companion leaves, he says "And I don't think that I ever loved you more" because his companion served as the catalyst for Conor's embark into music.
"Let the poets cry themselves to sleep
And all their tearful words could turn back into steam"
He starts to see himself as a poet. His transition is painful but necessary.
"But me, I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue
And there's a muddy field where a garden was"
These lines represent his loss of innocence. Things were all sunshine and rainbows until this shocking episode, the schism from his companion. The serpent's tongue represents the hypocrisy and venomous in realistic songwriting.
"And I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck out hear
My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears"
He feels stuck.
"And I never thought this life was possible
You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for"
His former companion showed him that it's possible to break free from these chains. The yellow bird is a Shakespearean reference.
"The end of paralysis, I was a statuette
Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench
And when I press the keys, it all gets reversed
The sound of loneliness makes me happier"
This stanza pretty much wraps up the song. He was a statuette, but now he's free of the paralysis he was living. He turns to music, but not with classical tendencies, but a raw drunken rage (which is more meaningful, in my opinion).
He's lonely now but somehow he finds fulfillment in his music.
This song is about someone who had a lasting influence on Conor's decision to pursue music. If you look at the last line of each of the first two stanzas you see some foreshadowing in Conor's lyrical focus. "You said you weren't afraid to die" foreshadows his focus on ephemeral themes. When his companion leaves, he says "And I don't think that I ever loved you more" because his companion served as the catalyst for Conor's embark into music.
"Let the poets cry themselves to sleep And all their tearful words could turn back into steam" He starts to see himself as a poet. His transition is painful but necessary.
"But me, I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue And there's a muddy field where a garden was" These lines represent his loss of innocence. Things were all sunshine and rainbows until this shocking episode, the schism from his companion. The serpent's tongue represents the hypocrisy and venomous in realistic songwriting.
"And I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck out hear My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears" He feels stuck.
"And I never thought this life was possible You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for" His former companion showed him that it's possible to break free from these chains. The yellow bird is a Shakespearean reference.
"The end of paralysis, I was a statuette Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench And when I press the keys, it all gets reversed The sound of loneliness makes me happier" This stanza pretty much wraps up the song. He was a statuette, but now he's free of the paralysis he was living. He turns to music, but not with classical tendencies, but a raw drunken rage (which is more meaningful, in my opinion).
He's lonely now but somehow he finds fulfillment in his music.