All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast Lyrics

Lyric discussion by figurant 

Cover art for All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast lyrics by Bill Callahan

C'mon guys. This is just like a lot of his other songs. The whole thing is a metaphor for the feelings one experiences in a relationship. This is the very same premise he covers in No Dancing. At first he's warm and happy with his soft thoughts until the Eagle (infidelity, jealousy and the need to be free) comes in and takes over the soft feelings.

Bill breaks horses, he doesn't tend to them,