Lyric discussion by dominicvine 

Cover art for Herring Bone lyrics by Department of Eagles

a lot of songs on this album are very dreamy. . . and though I am a lyric hound. . . this album also just makes me feel things beyond the lyrics this song I've always imagined is Daniel musing on his father or grand father. . . perhaps looking at pictures of when he was in the war

Herringbone is a pattern that used to be more common than it is now that's what it makes me think of talking to an older generation that is, yes, dead now

looking at pictures wondering about his life

and though he's had a son who's had a son who's had a son and that son is wondering he's dead and cannot explain it anything

family stories family mysteries

. . . that's how this song has always made me feel

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