My first thought was that it was about a heroin addict as well. The "guy" in the song is heroin. And Billie Holiday famously struggled with her heroin addiction. When she sings "we are birds of a feather" she's speaking of how she and Billie are tied together by their shared addiction.
My first thought was that it was about a heroin addict as well. The "guy" in the song is heroin. And Billie Holiday famously struggled with her heroin addiction. When she sings "we are birds of a feather" she's speaking of how she and Billie are tied together by their shared addiction.