As one of my best friends pointed out yesterday, she thinks this song portrays the little bird as a metaphor of the relationship, a relationship that two people are trying to save together. It's almost as if Ed didn't try hard enough to keep the relationship alive and real, which could be interpreted from the 'when I left that little bird, with it's broken leg to die'. This shows that their love was already injured and could've been healed, but wasn't treated properly.
As one of my best friends pointed out yesterday, she thinks this song portrays the little bird as a metaphor of the relationship, a relationship that two people are trying to save together. It's almost as if Ed didn't try hard enough to keep the relationship alive and real, which could be interpreted from the 'when I left that little bird, with it's broken leg to die'. This shows that their love was already injured and could've been healed, but wasn't treated properly.