Fourth of July Lyrics

Lyric discussion by patinthehat 

Cover art for Fourth of July lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

When uses the flying bugs and birds to refer to his mother, I think he is creating the image of her "flying" into the sky, like going up to heaven after she passed. Or she is still flying around like an angel after her death.

I guess it's his mother singing to him on these paragraphs since they alternate who sings on each of them