Black Wings Lyrics

Lyric discussion by davbro2906 

Cover art for Black Wings lyrics by Tom Waits

This song is mixed cultural metaphors for death around the world. This is also the first that I ever heard from Tom and was hooked afterwards.

@davbro2906 how did death save a baby from drowning? Does it imply the baby was being drowned or that the release of death was ‘saving’ it from the torture of drowning?