Nighttime Birds Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CelticBotan 

Cover art for Nighttime Birds lyrics by Gathering, The

I believe it's about spirits of people who have just died making their journey to the Other Side / Heaven. (they want to be certain / of a warm surrounding)

The lyrics says the are "as beautiful as nighttime birds", which means they aren't really birds. But they can fly with the wind, and very peacefully for what I can see, they are just following their own way ("Their ways are open / they spread as their wings).

I may be very wrong, but that's what I think about.

@CelticBotan You enlighten me somewhat. When thinking about the melody with the meaning you give, I can see the dead was died naturally without misery. Death is always a mysterious thing as the melody shows to us.