'Emptying thoughts saved for me' should be "Empty" he thought "save for me"
I don't think there's a specific beast. There's that idea in the animal kingdom all predators are prey to something. So the thought/desire/ideal which is as dominating to 'lesser' thoughts [lesser in what way?] As an Eagle is to a wren is not infallible. This could be interpreted any number of ways. No thoughts are ultimately dominant, it's easy to be distracted regardless of intent, an external psychological item deemed to be of the utmost importance may not be to some minds, concentrating solely on one thing can cause the other inhabitants. Of you mind to give way...
I intended to add to this, a thought I'd neglected to mention, regarding the relation to the eagle of this track and that of the albums title. In the interim I happened uponan interview featuring the following:
I intended to add to this, a thought I'd neglected to mention, regarding the relation to the eagle of this track and that of the albums title. In the interim I happened uponan interview featuring the following:
"All Thoughts Are Prey” is quite an interesting song, lyrically: an empty tree resembling a brain with small creatures referred to as “softer thoughts” being chased away by an eagle who bemoans his loneliness. What does this eagle represent to you? What is it that chases these softer thoughts away and brings loneliness, and why would you wish we become whatever this eagle...
"All Thoughts Are Prey” is quite an interesting song, lyrically: an empty tree resembling a brain with small creatures referred to as “softer thoughts” being chased away by an eagle who bemoans his loneliness. What does this eagle represent to you? What is it that chases these softer thoughts away and brings loneliness, and why would you wish we become whatever this eagle is?'
'The eagle in this story is something that obliterates all other things; that is where the loneliness comes in. But if two people could be one eagle, then things would be alright. It is what we strive for. To be an eagle alone is hard to bear, but it may be the plight of some.'
The interview also featured the following "All thoughts..." related consideration:
"What's with trees? There's only a couple Eagle songs that do not directly involve them, and some are very blatant in their depiction: “too many birds,” “eagles,” an empty tree depicted as a brain, “how much of a tree bends in the wind.” What do trees and birds represent to you?"
"Trees. Well, ain't they a wonderful thing. Each one seems to speak its own history. "All Thoughts are Prey to Some Beast" was a poem I had around. I've only written two poems in my life. That and "Dress Sexy at My Funeral." I had"Dress Sexy" in a drawer for years and what do you do with one poem? I decided to just repeat the title as the chorus and turn it into a song. The same for "All Thoughts..." I just added a couple lines to repeat once I realized that it would fit into the tree and birds theme of the songs I was writing for the album. Birds are another story. They live a separate life that runs parallel to ours. I like the idea of the tree bending in the wind being the brain tree."
'Emptying thoughts saved for me' should be "Empty" he thought "save for me"
I don't think there's a specific beast. There's that idea in the animal kingdom all predators are prey to something. So the thought/desire/ideal which is as dominating to 'lesser' thoughts [lesser in what way?] As an Eagle is to a wren is not infallible. This could be interpreted any number of ways. No thoughts are ultimately dominant, it's easy to be distracted regardless of intent, an external psychological item deemed to be of the utmost importance may not be to some minds, concentrating solely on one thing can cause the other inhabitants. Of you mind to give way...
I intended to add to this, a thought I'd neglected to mention, regarding the relation to the eagle of this track and that of the albums title. In the interim I happened uponan interview featuring the following:
I intended to add to this, a thought I'd neglected to mention, regarding the relation to the eagle of this track and that of the albums title. In the interim I happened uponan interview featuring the following:
"All Thoughts Are Prey” is quite an interesting song, lyrically: an empty tree resembling a brain with small creatures referred to as “softer thoughts” being chased away by an eagle who bemoans his loneliness. What does this eagle represent to you? What is it that chases these softer thoughts away and brings loneliness, and why would you wish we become whatever this eagle...
"All Thoughts Are Prey” is quite an interesting song, lyrically: an empty tree resembling a brain with small creatures referred to as “softer thoughts” being chased away by an eagle who bemoans his loneliness. What does this eagle represent to you? What is it that chases these softer thoughts away and brings loneliness, and why would you wish we become whatever this eagle is?'
'The eagle in this story is something that obliterates all other things; that is where the loneliness comes in. But if two people could be one eagle, then things would be alright. It is what we strive for. To be an eagle alone is hard to bear, but it may be the plight of some.'
The interview also featured the following "All thoughts..." related consideration:
"What's with trees? There's only a couple Eagle songs that do not directly involve them, and some are very blatant in their depiction: “too many birds,” “eagles,” an empty tree depicted as a brain, “how much of a tree bends in the wind.” What do trees and birds represent to you?"
"Trees. Well, ain't they a wonderful thing. Each one seems to speak its own history. "All Thoughts are Prey to Some Beast" was a poem I had around. I've only written two poems in my life. That and "Dress Sexy at My Funeral." I had"Dress Sexy" in a drawer for years and what do you do with one poem? I decided to just repeat the title as the chorus and turn it into a song. The same for "All Thoughts..." I just added a couple lines to repeat once I realized that it would fit into the tree and birds theme of the songs I was writing for the album. Birds are another story. They live a separate life that runs parallel to ours. I like the idea of the tree bending in the wind being the brain tree."
Full interview @ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/bill-callahan
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The original post was supposed to end "... inhabitants of your mind to give way." Forgive my orthographical blunders; I'm typing all this on a phone."
The original post was supposed to end "... inhabitants of your mind to give way." Forgive my orthographical blunders; I'm typing all this on a phone."