Lyric discussion by btherl 

Cover art for My Eagle lyrics by Children Collide

I thought this song was "my ego" at first :)

If you interpret it that way then it does make a nice metaphor about being too self-absorbed and paranoid to think about anyone else.

yeah me too, i thought it was 'my ego' as well :)

According to their interview in Triple J magazine it was ego and the song is about the ego but they changed it to eagle